Competitive Governance and the Quest for Legitimacy in the EU: the Battle over the Regulation of GMOs since the mid‐1990s

Tiberghien, Yves

doi:10.1080/07036330902782246

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“…For example, the poor management of food scandals has led to a politicization of food safety issues, which subsequently increasingly were addressed by EU policy makers on the basis of the PP (e.g. Caduff and Bernauer 2006;Krapohl 2003;Levidow et al 2005;Löfstedt 2004;Tiberghien 2009;Zander 2010). Generally speaking, the empirical literature finds that higher degrees of politicization result in greater chances of proposing and adopting precautionary policies, since they help to restore the public's trust and the policy makers' legitimacy.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The second perspective is that the EU's discretional leeway in precautionary policy making is de facto restricted by the international trade institutions it is a member to. In fact, a number of EU precautionary policies have come under attack from fellow WTO members, such as the United States (Kelemen 2010: 342;see also Falkner 2007;Princen 2004;Tiberghien 2009;Vogel 1995Vogel , 2003. Consequently, at multiple instances, the WTO dispute settlement bodies have asked the EU to modify its precautionary policies in order to meet international standards (e.g.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Studies of food safety standards have pointed to the importance of consumer groups (e.g. Skogstad 2003Skogstad , 2011Tiberghien 2009) and have suggested the existence of 'Baptists and bootlegger alliances' where consumer groups and producers joined forces for attaining stricter regulation (e.g. Vogel 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To date, only a few empirical studies have addressed the patterns and drivers of changes in precautionary policies (e.g. Pesendorfer 2006;Skogstad 2003Skogstad , 2011Tiberghien 2009;Tosun 2013). Empirical studies of how EU precautionary policies change could increase the appeal of this topic to public policy scholars more broadly interested in the study of policy change.…”

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How the Eu Handles Uncertain Risks: Understanding the Role of the Precautionary Principle

Tosun¹

2013

Journal of European Public Policy

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The European Union (EU) has adopted the precautionary principle (PP) as a legal principle for dealing with uncertain risks; that is situations in which the relationship between activities and their potential hazard cannot be established. While the PP's application has been defined by the European Commission and EU case law, political considerations ultimately determine whether and how it is invoked. This article reviews the literature on the PP's application in EU policy making by addressing three research questions: When do EU policy makers invoke the PP? How are EU precautionary policies made? Is the making of EU precautionary policies different from the making of regulatory policies addressing certain risks? While the conceptual literature provides some insights regarding all three questions, the empirical literature is particularly instructive regarding the first two questions. Future studies have the task of merging the two literatures in order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of EU precautionary policy making.

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confidence: 96%

Section: Insights From the Empirical Literaturementioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Insights From the Empirical Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mapping the Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

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How the Eu Handles Uncertain Risks: Understanding the Role of the Precautionary Principle

Tosun¹

2013

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…Board 2012 3 ; Ernest & Young 2011), purely economic and interest-driven accounts of policy trajectory would predict minimal state regulation combined with strong promotional activities (Banchoff 2005: 204;Tiberghien 2009). However, while some countries -in Asia (e,g.…”

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Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe

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Allison²

2013

Journal of European Public Policy

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An interest-driven account of Embryonic Stem Cell Research would, given the considerable financial and scientific concerns, likely predict regulations to converge towards permissive policies. However, across Western Europe, national regulations of embryonic stem-cell research vary considerably, from general bans to permissive policies. There is a lack of systematic accounting for the non-convergence, and the sparse attempts at explanation are contradictory.Drawing on qualitative comparative analysis and configurational causality, we assess the interaction of a number of explanatory factors. Our empirical analysis reveals the importance of one factor in particular, path-dependence, insofar as prior policies on assisted reproduction exert a strong and systematic effect on the subsequent regulation of ESCR.

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Cultivation of Genetically Modified Corn

Tosun

2012

Risk Regulation in Europe

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Competitive Governance and the Quest for Legitimacy in the EU: the Battle over the Regulation of GMOs since the mid‐1990s

Cited by 36 publications

References 12 publications

How the Eu Handles Uncertain Risks: Understanding the Role of the Precautionary Principle

How the Eu Handles Uncertain Risks: Understanding the Role of the Precautionary Principle

Diverging against all odds? Regulatory paths in embryonic stem cell research across Western Europe

Cultivation of Genetically Modified Corn

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