Participation, Democratic Deficit and Good Regulation: a Case Study of Participatory Strategies in the European Regulation of GMO Products

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

In the European Union, the institutional reform that risk regulation system has undergone in the last decade has emphasised the need for fostering public participation and stakeholder involvement in decision making processes. Citizen scrutiny, in theory, ought to bring about better governance, and greater participation in public policy decisions is usually regarded as a symptom of a healthy democracy. By presenting evidence from two case studies in the field of bio-technology regulation, this paper aims to prove that taking participation as a tout court advantage is a mistake.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1668-3797
• Extent: Seite(n): 23
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: ZERP-Diskussionspapier (6)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Europapolitik ; Demokratie ; Regulierung ; Regierungspolitik ; EU ; politische Partizipation ; Biotechnik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ferretti, Maria Paola
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Zentrum für Europäische Rechtspolitik (ZERP) an der Universität Bremen
• (where): Deutschland, Bremen
• (when): 2006

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-62950-0
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST