Security Culture as a Component of Security Policy: The Experience of the European Union

Abstract

The article examines the security culture, the relevance of which is due to dynamic changes, new challenges and threats to security and the growing demand of society for the protection of rights and freedoms. It is noted that the conceptual approaches to understanding the issue of security culture development give special scientific importance to the study of European experience for political science. The article examines the basic principles, values and norms that form the security culture in Europe. The introduction of new organisational and legal approaches to ensure security and the development of legal policy in the context of modern challenges has become a priority of the European security culture. Special attention is paid to the role of instruments and mechanisms for the formation and implementation of security policy on the European continent. The factors that influence the formation of security culture, such as the political situation, socio-cultural and historical factors, are also explored. The security culture plays a special role in organising the effective functioning of the social institutions, strengthening trust in the political and legal system. The focus is on analysing the impact of the legal factor on the formation of security culture in various fields of activity. The expected results include the identification of the main principles and approaches to building a security culture in the EU countries, as well as the identification of areas that need to be updated, refined, and new approaches introduced, etc. The conclusions will serve as a basis for using the European experience of strengthening security culture in the European political and legal environment and identifying ways for its further development. The results of the study contribute to an understanding of the current state of security culture in Europe and outline recommendations for the formation of both security policy and security culture in Ukraine.