Legitimate governance of risk at the EU level? The case of genetically modified organisms

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-75

  Borrás, Susana ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Democracy; European governance; Genetically modified organisms; Input legitimacy; Output legitimacy; Participation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROORGANISMS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEMOCRACY; EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; INPUT LEGITIMACY; LEGITIMATE GOVERNANCE; OUTPUT LEGITIMACY;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGISLATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 30944456289     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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