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Risk Regulation in Europe: Assessing the Application of the Precautionary Principle (SpringerBriefs in Political Science, Band 3) - Softcover

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Tosun, Jale

 
9781461419839: Risk Regulation in Europe: Assessing the Application of the Precautionary Principle (SpringerBriefs in Political Science, Band 3)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1461419832 ISBN 13: 9781461419839
Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

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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Jale Tosun is Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. Simon Bulian is a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany. Alfie Gaffney is a Researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Joan Enguer is a Researcher at the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, University of Valencia, Spain. Emiliano Levario Saad is a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany.

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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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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1461419832
ISBN 13 
9781461419839
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
116
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