Import safety : regulatory governance in the global economy /

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
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Coglianese, Cary; Finkel, Adam M.; Zaring, David
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2010]
©2010
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812205916
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Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: 20 illus.
ISBN: 9780812205916
Index Number: K3842
CLC: D996.1
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Chapter 1. Consumer Protection in an Era of Globalization /
Chapter 2. The Other China Trade Deficit /
Chapter 3. Parochialism About the Safety of Imports /
Chapter 4. Import Safety Regulation and International Trade /
Chapter 5. The Politics of Food Safety in the Age of Global Trade /
Chapter 6. Import Safety Rules and Generic Drug Markets /
Chapter 7. Forecasting Consumer Safety Violations and Violators /
Chapter 8. Risk-Based Regulation for Import Safety /
Chapter 9. Solving the Problem of Scale /
Chapter 10. Importers as Regulators /
Chapter 11. Bonded Import Safety Warranties /
Chapter 12. Private Import Safety Regulation and Transnational New Governance /
Chapter 13. Delegated Governance /
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments.