Are Power Asymmetries a Reason for the State to Intervene?

Stefan Mann

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017, vol. 40, issue 4, 342-347

Abstract: Power asymmetries between farmers and slaughterhouses have led the Swiss government to install an independent agency that evaluates the quality of pig and cattle carcasses. This case is used to explore public interventions to mitigate power asymmetries. The independent classification is described and its economic rationale explored. The positions of the most important stakeholders in the system are depicted and the counter-arguments analyzed by objective hermeneutics. It is concluded that public interventions against power asymmetries are no panacea but can be useful to create a just and effective system.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1113548

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