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The international politics of genetically modified food : diplomacy, trade and law / edited by Robert Falkner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230001254
  • 9780230001251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.1929 22
LOC classification:
  • TP248.65.F66 I595 2007
Contents:
Introduction : The international politics of genetically modified food / Robert Falkner -- International cooperation against the hegemon : the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Robert Falkner -- Transnational corporate interests in international biosafety negotiations / Jennifer Clapp -- NGO strategies and influence in the biosafety arena, 1992-2005 / Bas Arts and Sandra Mack -- Corporate power and 'bounded autonomy' in the global politics of biotechnology / Peter Newell -- The political economy of food aid in an era of agricultural biotechnology / Jennifer Clapp -- Biopolitics in the US : an assessment / Kelly L. Kollman and Aseem Prakash -- The transatlantic agbiotech conflict as a problem and opportunity for EU regulatory policies / Les Levidow -- Competition for public trust : cause and consequences of extending the transatlantic biotech conflict to developing countries / Thomas Bernauer and Philipp Aerni -- The multilevel governance of GM food in Mercosur / Kathryn Hochstetler -- Internationalising biotechnology policy in China / Robert Falkner -- The biosafety protocol and the WTO : concert or conflict? / Grant E. Isaac and William A. Kerr -- The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafey and the development of international environmental law / Ruth Mackenzie.
Summary: "Why has genetically modified food become a focal point in international conflicts over agriculture, trade and the environment? What are the chances for achieving effective global governance of new technologies such as genetic engineering? This book brings together state-of-the-art analyses of the international politics of biotechnology regulation. It presents explanations for the transatlantic biotech dispute, explores the growing North-South differences over how to ensure biosafety, and discusses the implications of the GM food battle for international trade and environmental law."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.

Introduction : The international politics of genetically modified food / Robert Falkner -- International cooperation against the hegemon : the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Robert Falkner -- Transnational corporate interests in international biosafety negotiations / Jennifer Clapp -- NGO strategies and influence in the biosafety arena, 1992-2005 / Bas Arts and Sandra Mack -- Corporate power and 'bounded autonomy' in the global politics of biotechnology / Peter Newell -- The political economy of food aid in an era of agricultural biotechnology / Jennifer Clapp -- Biopolitics in the US : an assessment / Kelly L. Kollman and Aseem Prakash -- The transatlantic agbiotech conflict as a problem and opportunity for EU regulatory policies / Les Levidow -- Competition for public trust : cause and consequences of extending the transatlantic biotech conflict to developing countries / Thomas Bernauer and Philipp Aerni -- The multilevel governance of GM food in Mercosur / Kathryn Hochstetler -- Internationalising biotechnology policy in China / Robert Falkner -- The biosafety protocol and the WTO : concert or conflict? / Grant E. Isaac and William A. Kerr -- The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafey and the development of international environmental law / Ruth Mackenzie.

"Why has genetically modified food become a focal point in international conflicts over agriculture, trade and the environment? What are the chances for achieving effective global governance of new technologies such as genetic engineering? This book brings together state-of-the-art analyses of the international politics of biotechnology regulation. It presents explanations for the transatlantic biotech dispute, explores the growing North-South differences over how to ensure biosafety, and discusses the implications of the GM food battle for international trade and environmental law."--Publisher description.

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