Reinventing risk politics: Reflexive modernity and the European BSE crisis

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-229

  Oosterveer, Peter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BSE; Food risks; Reflexive modernization; Risk policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442570410     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jepp.111     Document Type: Review

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