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- Risk Regulation in Europe
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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL, volume 3)
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The publication aims to familiarize students of public policy with the precautionary principle, which plays a vital role in the European Union’s approach toward regulating risks. The precautionary principle contends that policy makers should refrain from actions having a suspected risk of causing harm to the public and/or the environment. However, the precautionary principle only provides guidance to policy makers but does not prescribe specific policy responses. Therefore, there should be variation in the way the principle is applied. Furthermore, precautionary measures are, in principle, of a provisional nature, suggesting that they are likely to be subject to changes over time. This book is thus interested in shedding light on how the precautionary principle is put into practice and to what extent precautionary measures become modified. Empirically, it focuses on how the EU has regulated the use of growth hormones in meat production, the cultivation of genetically modified corn and the use of Stevia-based sweeteners in foods and beverages. The main theoretical argument advanced by this study is that the way in which the original regulatory standards were formulated affects whether and how they are changed. By placing particular emphasis on the relevance of scientific evidence for the (re-)definition of precautionary measures, the book is expected to appeal to both academics and practitioners.
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Book Title: Risk Regulation in Europe
Book Subtitle: Assessing the Application of the Precautionary Principle
Authors: Jale Tosun
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1984-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1983-9Published: 06 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1984-6Published: 05 November 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-5466
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 102
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science, Economic Policy