Mad cow chaos in Canada: Was it just bad luck or did government policies play a role?

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-400

  Le Roy, Danny G ^a   Klein, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL POWER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33144483468     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552357     Document Type: Article

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