Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Analysing the role of science in public policy-making
3: The evolution of UK's agriculture and food policy regimes
4: A new cattle disease
5: The Southwood Working Party
6: Regulatory rigor mortis
7: BSE policy in Continental Europe
8: The aftermath of 20 March 1996
9: BSE and the partial reform of food policy making
10: Summary and conclusions
Bibliography
Index

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A scholarly analysis of the relationship between science and politics, in policy-making related to BSE. CAB Abstracts In BSE: Risk, Science, and Governance, Patric van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone analyse this policy disaster. They focus on the relationship in the UK between scientists and government, using the superb collection of information gathered by the Phillips Inquiry into BSE as its main source. van Zwanenberg and Milestone tell a sorry story well. They end with sound prescriptions for reforming the relation between science and policy. Hugh Penningtom