Import Safety : Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy

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ISBN 10: 081224222X / ISBN 13: 9780812242225

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009

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Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 304 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Written by leading scholars and analysts, the essays in "Import Safety" provide background and policy guidance on improving consumer safety in imported food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and toys and other consumer products aimed at children.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Import Safety : Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081224222X
• ISBN 13: 9780812242225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

On World Food Day in October 2008, former president Bill Clinton finally accepted decade-old criticism directed at his administration's pursuit of free-trade deals with little regard for food safety, child labor, or workers' rights. "We all blew it, including me when I was president. We blew it. We were wrong to believe that food was like some other product in international trade." Clinton's public admission came at a time when consumers in the United States were hearing unsettling stories about contaminated food, toys, and medical products from China, and the first real calls were being made for more regulation of imported products. Import Safety comes at a moment when public interest is engaged with the subject and the government is receptive to the idea of consumer protections that were not instituted when many of the Clinton era's free-trade pacts were drafted.

Written by leading scholars and analysts, the chapters in Import Safety provide background and policy guidance on improving consumer safety in imported food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and toys and other products aimed at children. Together, they consider whether policymakers should approach import safety issues through better funding of traditional interventions—such as regulatory oversight and product liability—or whether this problem poses a different kind of governance challenge, requiring wholly new methods.

About the Author

Cary Coglianese is Deputy Dean of Penn Law, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania. Adam M. Finkel is Fellow and Executive Director of the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania. David Zaring, also with the Penn Program on Regulation, is Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Visit the Penn Program on Regulation Import Safety web site for contributor bios and other details.