Talking shops or talking Turkey?: Institutionalizing consumer representation in risk regulation

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-607

  Rothstein, Henry ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberative decision making; Food Standards Agency (FSA); Public and consumer participation; Risk regulation reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848882865     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904805303203     Document Type: Article

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