Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food

Informationen zum Autor Reece Walters is Professor in Criminology! and Head of the Social Policy and Criminology Department at The Open University. He has published widely on the politics and governance of criminological knowledge! including Deviant Knowledge - Criminology! Politics and Policy and Critical Thinking about the Uses of Research (with Tim Hope). Klappentext The GM debate has been ongoing for over a decade! yet it has been contained in the scientific world and presented in technical terms. This text brings the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. It highlights the criminal and harmful actions of state and corporate officials. Zusammenfassung This book brings the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. It highlights the criminal actions of state and corporate officials including the illegal production and sale of GM products, biopiracy and the manipulation of science. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Planting the Seed 2. The Politicisation of GM: Terrain! Terms and Concepts 3. The Perils! Prospects and Controversies of GM Food 4. Risk! Public Opinion and Consumer Resistance 5. Biotech! Papal and Trade 'Wars': Third World Hunger! Exploitation and the Politics of GM Food 6. Regulatory Regimes: Ensuring Safety or Enhancing Profits? 7. Green Criminology: Power! Harm and (In) Justice 8. Reflections and Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Reece Walters, Reece (The Open University Walters, Walters Reece
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2012
• EAN: 9780415521130
• ISBN: 978-0-415-52113-0
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / General, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law