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EU member states' humanitarian assistance and issue salience in public discourse: preliminary findings for the 2000 to 2008 period
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Abstract The establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) that took place with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty lays the basis for a potentially more coherent and better-structured approach of the European Union to the issue of the provision of humanitarian aid. Within such a context... view more
The establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) that took place with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty lays the basis for a potentially more coherent and better-structured approach of the European Union to the issue of the provision of humanitarian aid. Within such a context, this paper investigates the relationship between the provision of emergency financial assistance and the extent of the presence of the issue of humanitarian aid in public discourse in seven EU member states. The empirical findings highlight a strong correlation between increases in issue salience and increases in the provision of humanitarian assistance as well as a significant concomitant variation in the issue cycles of the investigated EU member states.... view less
Keywords
EU; humanitarian aid; financial assistance; the public; discourse; Great Britain; France; Federal Republic of Germany; Italy; Spain; Netherlands; Denmark; natural disaster; reporting; newspaper
Classification
Impact Research, Recipient Research
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
European Politics
Free Keywords
EEAS
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
29 p.
Series
KFG Working Paper Series, 29
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications