ABSTRACT
Introduction This book underlines that unintended consequences are a by-product of security governance. As the contributions show, unintended consequences are perceived primarily as negative, for policy initiators and for policy targets. In this concluding chapter, drawing on the empirical results, we first discuss the impact of unintended consequences. In a second step, we suggest ways of explaining unintended consequences. Finally, we discuss strategies for avoiding negative unintended consequences.
