Food for thought : change and continuity in german food safety policy
By: PAUL, Katharina T
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ArticlePublisher: Birmingham, UK : Institute of Local Government Studies, 2007Critical Policy Analysis 1, 1, p. 18-41Abstract: This paper examines german food safety policy fromn a discourse-theoretically informed perspective. It draws on qualitative research, including textual analysis and in-depth interviews. Its aim is to understand why the occurrence of 'mad-cow-disease' (BSE) in Germany in the year 2000 led to what some saw as a radical turnaround in food safety policy, the Agrarwende ("Agricultural Turnaround"). The discovery of BSE is conceptualized as a set of 'dislocatory moments' that made possible the re-emergence of previously marginalized discourses and hence a renegotiation of the very meaning of 'food safety'. By tracing these discourses and the practices, categories and discursive strategies that constitute them, the paper offers insights into a remarkable policy change, both in content and style
This paper examines german food safety policy fromn a discourse-theoretically informed perspective. It draws on qualitative research, including textual analysis and in-depth interviews. Its aim is to understand why the occurrence of 'mad-cow-disease' (BSE) in Germany in the year 2000 led to what some saw as a radical turnaround in food safety policy, the Agrarwende ("Agricultural Turnaround"). The discovery of BSE is conceptualized as a set of 'dislocatory moments' that made possible the re-emergence of previously marginalized discourses and hence a renegotiation of the very meaning of 'food safety'. By tracing these discourses and the practices, categories and discursive strategies that constitute them, the paper offers insights into a remarkable policy change, both in content and style
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