The UK BSE crisis

Strengths and Weaknesses of Existing Conceptual Approaches

Bibliographic Data

ID8108747
AuthorsEve Seguin (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume27
Issue4
Pages293-301
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience and Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0302-3427 • E-ISSN: 1471-5430
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3152/147154300781781931
OpenAlexW2009171930
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The UK media have paid much more attention to the BSE crisis than have social scientists. Yet, the BSE saga is one of the best opportunities we have to explore the link between science and politics. An attempt must therefore be made to evaluate whether satisfactory explanations of the crisis have been proposed by social scientists. The present paper is a review of the three explanations or lines of argument that can be extracted from existing studies of the BSE crisis. The strengths and weaknesses of the three lines of argument are then indicated. Finally, a new perspective for the analysis of the BSE crisis is outlined, which is rooted in the analysis of scientific discourse. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing

Argument (complex analysis · Crisis communication · Economics · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Political crisis · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Medicine · Law

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