BSE : risk, science, and governance / Patrick van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Zwanenberg, Patrick.

Contributor:

Millstone, Erik.

Series:

Oxford medical publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy--Government policy--Great Britain.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform--epidemiology.

Government policy.

United Kingdom.

Disease Outbreaks--veterinary.

Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform--prevention & control.

Public Policy.

Great Britain.

Medical Subjects:

Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform--epidemiology.

United Kingdom.

Disease Outbreaks--veterinary.

Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform--prevention & control.

Public Policy.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This new book provides a riveting account of how BSE changed from an obscure disease in a handful of dairy cows into the worst failure of UK public policy sinse the Suez Crisis of 1956. BSE has subsequently spread to 30 other countries so the market for this book is not just British but international. The authors not only explain what happened, they also develop a compelling account of why it happned and of what changes need to be made if similar risk policy failures are to be avoided in the future. This book will become a key text in debates about the future of public policy-making about technological risks.

Contents:

Analysing the role of science in public policy-making

The evolution of the UK's agriculture and food policy regimes

A new cattle disease

The Southwood Working Party

Regulatory rigor mortis

BSE policy in continental Europe

The aftermath of 20 March 1996

BSE and the partial reform of food policy-making.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-295) and index.

ISBN:

0198525818

OCLC:

58478716

Publisher Number:

9780198525813