Was bedeuten die Charakteristika der chemischen Industrie für die Entwicklung von Governance-Formen? In dieser Arbeit wird Chemikalienregulierung diesbezüglich zunächst aus neoklassischer Perspektive, dann auch hinsichtlich des öffentlichen Diskurses analysiert. In so einem erweiterten...

This chapter discusses the regulation of chemicals introduced into food during cultivation and processing. It covers chemicals intentionally added to facilitate production, enhance products, mislead buyers or physically harm consumers, as well as chemicals that inadvertently contaminate food...

This paper analyses the potential legitimacy basis of REACH, the new regulatory system for the EC chemicals market. It is argued that three different potential sources of legitimacy exists: i) the "quasi-democratic" process within which it was established; ii) proceduralisation; and iii) through...