What's the Beef?
A series of food-related crises--most notably mad cow disease in Britain, farmer protests in France against American hormone-treated beef, and the European Union's banning of genetically modified food--has turned the regulation of food safety in Europe into a crucible for issues of institutional trust, legitimacy, and effectiveness. What's the Beef? examines European food safety regulation at the national, European, and international levels as a case of ""contested governance""--A syndrome of policymaking and political dispute in which not only policy outcomes but aso the fundamental legitima
eBook, English, 2016
The MIT Press, 2016