What's the Beef?: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety

by David Vogel

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262511924
• ISBN13: 9780262511926
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher