Scientists and the Regulation of Risk: Standardising ControlRisks are increasingly regulated by international standards, and scientists play a key role in standardisation. This fascinating book exposes the action of 'invisible colleges' of scientists - loose groups of prominent scientific experts who combi |
Contents
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expert collectives in transnational regulation | 19 |
a short history of risk regulation | 37 |
medical professionals and the introduction of pharmacovigilance planning | 77 |
HACCP and the ambitions of the food microbiology elite | 112 |
food safety scientists and the invention of postmarket monitoring | 142 |
sociology of the standardising scientist | 167 |
the emergent action of invisible colleges | 191 |
Research strategy and methodology | 211 |
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