The European Union Humanitarian Aid policy and the management of external humanitarian crises: crises characteristics and intervention strategies

Diplôme Thèse The European Union Humanitarian Aid policy and the management of external humanitarian crises: crises characteristics and intervention strategies eng 2013-07-16 author Piccin Francesca 665454 director Hug Simon 0000-0002-7741-2201 23847 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:30732 urn:nbn:ch:unige-307328 SES 805 This thesis investigates the European Union's Humanitarian Aid policy and analyses Member States' intervention strategies to cope with humanitarian crises. There are three alternative strategies: unilateralism, full delegation, or partial delegation. This thesis argues that the characteristics of crises impact on the expediency of these strategies and influence Member States' choice. Crises are characterised by urgency, uncertainty and threat. Urgency concerns the time pressure in terms of the need to intervene rapidly; uncertainty the information at the disposal of those planning the intervention; and threat the nature, diffusion and seriousness of a crisis. This thesis discusses the costs and benefits of the intervention strategies with regard to the characteristics of a crisis. It goes on to investigate how changes in these characteristics influence the expediency of strategies. Empirical evidence shows that the strategy of delegation to the EU is preferable to unilateralism when crises are highly urgent, uncertain and threatening. Humanitarian aid European Union European Union Humanitarian Aid policy Cooperation Delegation Theories of cooperation and delegation Benefits and costs of delegation Humanitarian intervention Bilateralism and multilateralism Post-colonialism International humanitarian crises Characteristics of humanitarian crises Urgency uncertainty and threat of crises Intervention in humanitarian crises Quantitative method Data collection Statistical analyses Dewey 320 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 false c0489517-ca52-4bd4-82aa-14ce2617882f Thesis Private PhD Francesca Piccin.pdf 4929125 application/pdf c4503e6f50b2eba60136f1a5bbabbde7b166e14b21fadecd0d75f5f7619ad415 closedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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