The paper is based on a research project that engaged with and intervened in flood risk management in national policy and in two localities. Building on recent work in STS, we develop a framework for political analysis that complements existing understandings of environmental governance by...

How can contemporary governments and regulation respond effectively to the growth of food risks at the same time as encouraging the further economic development of the European internal market? Taking the case of European food regulation during the 'post-BSE' period, this paper explores the...

The 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic cost over £8 billion and wreaked havoc upon the British countryside. The paper examines the institutional response to the crisis and the subsequent inquiries. Drawing on the 'garbage-can model' of organisational choice and ideas of 'policy...

As environmental concerns press upon public policy so state agencies tend to enter into governmental 'partnerships' with environmental groups. On the one hand, these 'partnerships' allow the state to call upon forms of expertise held by the groups and to gain broad legitimacy for state policies....