GM Food on Trial: Testing European Democracy - Couverture rigide

Levidow, Les; Carr, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415955416 ISBN 13 : 9780415955416

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Europe was told that it had no choice but to accept agbiotech, yet this imperative was turned into a test of democratic accountability for societal choices. Since the late 1990s, European public controversy has kept the agri-biotech industry and its promoters on the defensive. As some opponents and regulators alike have declared, 'GM food/crops are on trial'. Suspicion of their guilt has been evoked by moral symbols, as disputes over whether genetically-modified products are modest benign improvements on traditional plant breeding, or dangerous Frankenfoods; and in disputes over whether they are global saviours, or control agents of multinational companies. This book examines European institutions being 'put on trial' for how their regulatory procedures evaluate and regulate GM products, in ways which opened up alternative futures. Levidow and Carr highlight how public controversy created a legitimacy crisis, leading to national policy changes and demands, in turn stimulating changes in EU agbiotech regulations as a strategy to regain legitimacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Les Levidow is on the faculty of the Development Policy and Practice department at The Open University.

Susan Carr is a Senior Lecturer in Systems at The Open University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415955416
• ISBN 13: 9780415955416
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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