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List of contents
Contents: Genetic patenting: knowledge, global governance and the anti-GM movement; Patenting discourses: enclosure and expert systems; Global governance: hegemonic trips, biotech and the WTO; The counter-expert challenge: NGO leadership in the anti-GM movement; Cosmopolitan networking: counter-experts and global civil society; Global civil society and global governance: NGOs and the FAO in Leipzig; Conclusion: counter-experts, social movements and global politics; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Derrick A. Purdue, Research Fellow, Cities Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Summary
This title was first published in 2000: This book addresses the history and the key issues in the genetically-modified food debate and examines the social movement emerging against GM Foods as a model for future global NGO networking.
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’...essential reading for anyone interested to learn about the origins of the opposition to genetically modified food...this timely contribution to the sociology of new social movements should be read by industrialists, government officials and agricultural advisors as well as by green activists.’ Professor Harry Rothman, Bristol University, UK ’It gives a lot of information on issues such as intellectual property rights, application of patenting to genes and the consolidation of expert systems. The book is recommended for people who want to take part in the global GM food discussions.’ LEISA Magazine ’...a good account of some of the key NGO players...and their framing of the issues around the anti GM seed debates...a rich and informed analysis of NGO network dynamics...’ New Genetics and Society
