Risk regulation in the single market : the governance of pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in the European Union / Sebastian Krapohl.

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Originally presented as the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Universität Bamberg, 2007.

Introduction : the need for a systematic analysis of supranational risk regulation -- Functional pressure and path-dependencies : the emergence and development of supranational regulatory regimes -- Efficiency and legitimacy : the evaluation of supranational regulatory regimes -- From national crises to a strong supranational regime : the development of pharmaceutical authorisation in Europe -- A strong regulatory regulatory network : -- The evaluation of the European regulatory regime for pharmaceuticals -- From an early single market to a crisis of consumer confidence : the development of foodstuff regulation in Europe -- A weak supranational agency : the evaluation of the European regulatory regime for foodstuffs -- A comparison of pharmaceutical and foodstuff regulation in Europe.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-220) and index.