Rapid change in agricultural policies: the BSE-crisis in Germany (2000-2001)

Abstract: "Today, 'governance' is regarded as the most effective tool to work on and to solve civil political conflicts between competing social claims (Grote/Mbikpi2001). This applies for the field of agricultural and rural problems, too (Berkes/Folke/Colding 1998; Lance/Gunderson/Holling 2001). Governance is considered to compensate the weaknesses of traditional forms of political-administrative interventions (state failure due to continuous functional differentiation and individualisation). On the other hand, governance mostly enables incremental changes only. Such a change usually proceeds slowly. But in view of the dramatic potential of non-sustainable practices and routines and there is a strong demand for a more substantial and rather rapid change. Agriculture represents in many respects a perfect example for this expectation. However, the more substantial and rapid the intended changes are being conceived the more they inevitably get in conflict with more or less firmly established p

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 21 S.
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: artec-paper ; Bd. 119

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin
• Keyword: Nachhaltigkeit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Bremen
• (when): 2004
• Creator: Lange, Hellmuth
• Contributor: Universität Bremen, Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit (artec)

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-219835
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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