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Seeds, Science, and Struggle - 9780262517744
Un libro in lingua di Abby Kinchy edito da Mit Pr, 2012
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Genetic engineering has a wide range of cultural, economic, and ethical implications, yet it has become almost an article of faith that regulatory decisions about biotechnology be based only on evidence of specific quantifiable risks; to consider anything else is said to "politicize" regulation. In this study of social protest against genetically engineered food, Abby Kinchy turns the conventional argument on its head. Rather than consider politicization of the regulatory system, she takes a close look at the scientization of public debate about the "contamination" of crops resulting from pollen drift and seed mixing. Advocates of alternative agriculture confront the scientization of this debate by calling on international experts, carrying out their own research, questioning regulatory science in court, building alternative markets, and demanding that their governments consider the social and economic impacts of the new technologies. Kinchy focuses on social conflicts over canola in Canada and maize in Mexico, drawing out their linkages to the global food system and international environmental governance. The book ultimately demonstrates the shortcomings of dominant models of scientific risk governance, which marginalize alternative visions of rural livelihoods and sustainable food production.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Seeds, Science, and Struggle
- Sottotitolo: The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Abby Kinchy
- Editore: Mit Pr
- Collana: Mit Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 20 Luglio '12
- Genere: TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING
- Argomenti : Transgenic plants Risk assessment Plant genetic engineering Political aspects Plant genetic engineering Risk assessment
- Pagine: 219
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 0
- ISBN-10: 0262517744
- EAN-13: 9780262517744