Governing The Transatlantic Conflict Over Agricultural Biotechnology: Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation And Standard Setting (genetics And Society)
by Joseph Murphy /
2006 / English / PDF
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Delays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the
European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the
United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it
as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies.
Delays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the
European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the
United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it
as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies.
The transatlantic conflict over GM crops and food has been widely
attributed to regulatory differences that divide the EU and the
US. Going beyond common stereotypes of these differences and
their origins, this book analyses the conflict through contending
coalitions of policy actors operating across the Atlantic.
Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural
Biotechnology focuses on interactions between the EU and the US,
rather than on EU-US comparisons. Drawing on original research
and interviews with key policy actors, the book shows how EU-US
efforts to harmonise regulations for agricultural biotechnology
created the context in which activists could generate a backlash
against the technology. In this new context regulations were
shaped along different lines. Joseph Murphy and Les Levidow
provide new insights by elaborating critical perspectives on
global governance, issue-framing, standard-setting and regulatory
science.
The transatlantic conflict over GM crops and food has been widely
attributed to regulatory differences that divide the EU and the
US. Going beyond common stereotypes of these differences and
their origins, this book analyses the conflict through contending
coalitions of policy actors operating across the Atlantic.
Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural
Biotechnology focuses on interactions between the EU and the US,
rather than on EU-US comparisons. Drawing on original research
and interviews with key policy actors, the book shows how EU-US
efforts to harmonise regulations for agricultural biotechnology
created the context in which activists could generate a backlash
against the technology. In this new context regulations were
shaped along different lines. Joseph Murphy and Les Levidow
provide new insights by elaborating critical perspectives on
global governance, issue-framing, standard-setting and regulatory
science.
This accessible book will appeal to undergraduate and
post-graduate students, academics and policy-makers working on a
wide range of issues covered by political science, policy
studies, international relations, economics, geography, business
management, environmental and development studies, science and
technology studies.
This accessible book will appeal to undergraduate and
post-graduate students, academics and policy-makers working on a
wide range of issues covered by political science, policy
studies, international relations, economics, geography, business
management, environmental and development studies, science and
technology studies.