Hannes R. Stephan

Cultural Politics and the Transatlantic Divide Over Gmos

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Alongside other factors, cultural values and identities help to explain different regulatory frameworks for genetically modified organisms. This book uses insights from environmental history and sociology to illuminate the cultural politics of regulation in the US and the EU, with particular attention to public opinion and anti-GMO activism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-28457-9
• 2015
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780230284579
• ISBN-10: 0230284574
• Artikelnr.: 41195546

Autorenporträt

Hannes R. Stephan is Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy at the University of Stirling, UK. He is a co-convenor of the Environmental Politics Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and has previously published on climate change governance, energy policy, and agricultural biotechnology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Overview of Regulatory Frameworks and Public Opinion 2. Perspectives on Regulatory Divergence 3. Theorising Culture and Nature 4. Cultural Politics and Resistance to GMOs 5. Environmental History: Nature, Landscapes, and Identities 6. Agri-Cultural and Culinary Identities Conclusion