What's the Beef? : The Contested Governance of European Food Safety

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- I: Introduction -- 1 - The Contested Governance of European Food Safety Regulation - Christopher Ansell and David Vogel -- II: The Social and Economic Context -- 2 - Taste, Traditions, Transactions, and Trust: The Public and Private Regulation of Food - Frans van Waarden -- 3 - Contestation over Food Safety: The Significance of Consumer Trust - Unni Kjærnes, Arne Dulsrud, and Christian Poppe -- 4 - Food Safety and the Structure of the European Food Industry - Thomas Bernauer and Ladina Caduff -- 5 - Protesting Food: NGOS and Political Mobilization in Europe - Christopher Ansell, Rahsaan Maxwell, and Daniela Sicurelli -- III: Reforming National Food Safety Regulation -- 6 - Is It Just about Trust? The Partial Reform of French Food Safety Regulation - Olivier Borraz, Julien Besançon, and Christophe Clergeau -- 7 - From Precautionary Bans to DIY Poison Tasting: Reform of the UK Food Safety Regulation Regime - Henry Rothstein -- 8- Governance Reform of German Food Safety Regulation: Cosmetic or Real? Bodo Steiner -- IV: The European Dimension -- 9 - Regulating Food Safety Risks in the European Union: A Comparative Perspective - Grace Skogstad -- 10 - Food Safety and the Single European Market - Alberto Alemanno -- 11 - The Creation of the European Food Safety Authority - Laurie Buonanno -- V: The International Dimension -- 12 - Protection or Protectionism? EU Food Safety and the WTO - Alasdair R. Young and Peter Holmes -- 13 - Compatibility or Clash? EU Food Safety and the WTO - Christine Noiville -- VI: Conclusion -- 14 - The Asymmetries of Governance - Christopher Ansell -- References -- Contributors -- Index.