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David Vogel, The Politics of Preemption: American Federalism and Risk Regulation

David Vogel, The Politics of Preemption: American Federalism and Risk Regulation, Thursday 22nd of April, 8.00-9.00 PCT; 11.00-12.00 EST; 17.00-18.00 CET; 16.00-17.00 GMT; EST 18.00-19.00 Jerusalem. The presentation will discuss four examples of risk regulations in the United States, namely vehicle emissions, appliance efficiency, chemical safety, and the labeling of genetically modified food. In each example, consumer or environmental regulations were initiated at the state level despite business opposition. But then faced with a multiplicity of state product regulations, the affected firms decided to support the expansion of federal regulations. They were willing to accept stronger federal standards in order to preempt individual states from enacting more stringent standards than the federal government. This, in turn, led to a conflict between firms who wanted federal preemption of state restrictions and states who wanted to be able to enact regulations more stringent than those of the federal government. The outcomes of each of these conflicts over the scope of federal preemption had important impacts on each multilevel governance regulatory regime. The ability of both levels of the American government to enact more innovative risk regulations – often referred to as dynamic federalism – has made it more likely that they will be strengthened. Bio: After serving on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley for 42 years, David Vogel is now Professor Emeritus, the Haas School and Business and the Department of Political Science. His research has focused on the national, comparative and international dimensions of consumer and environmental regulation, primarily in Europe and the United States as well as the global dimensions of corporate social responsibility. His several books include, The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States, National Styles of Regulation: Environmental Policy in Great Britain and the United States, Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy, and The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility. His most recent book is California Greenin’ How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader. In 2017, Vogel received the Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award from the Organized Section on Science , Technology and Environmental Politics, APSA.