Cultural Politics and the Gmo Divide - Cultures of Nature

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: H Stephan, H. Stephan, Hannes R. Stephan
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2014
• EAN: 9780230284579
• ISBN: 978-0-230-28457-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; B, Sustainability, Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmental law, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Development & environmental geography, Environmental Geography, Physical geography, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental Politics, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Environment law