Spaces of security, surveillance and food safety: Interrogating perceptions of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's governing technologies, power and performance

Geographical Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-330

  Devaney, Laura ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Biosecurity; Dynamic interplay; Food risk governance; Food Safety Authority of Ireland; Neoliberalisation

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84887025193     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12001     Document Type: Article

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