Biosecurity and insecurity: The interaction between policy and ritual during the foot and mouth crisis

Environmental Values

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-462

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Wright, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Framing; Narrative; Policy; Risk; Ritual

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; STAKEHOLDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751531166     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327106779116168     Document Type: Article

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