Challenges to legitimacy in food safety governance? The case of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-327

  Klintman, Mikael ^a   Kronsell, Annica ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; European harmonization; Food governance; Food safety; Input legitimacy; Output legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956256884     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036331003646835     Document Type: Article

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