Ngo Discourses in the Debate on Genetically Modified Crops

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I Discourses in the Debate
Chapter 2 Nature Fundamentalism
Chapter 3 The Colonial Discourse
Chapter 4 Regionalism, Food Sovereignty and GM crops
Chapter 5 The Sustainability Discourse
Chapter 6 Alterglobalist Discourse
Chapter 7 The Feminist Discourse
Part II Processing the Debate
Chapter 8 Different Kind of Science
Chapter 9 Changing Sides in the Debate
Chapter 10 The Global transfer of ideas
Chapter 11 Conclusions

About the author

Ksenia Gerasimova is a research associate and affiliated lecturer in the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and a research fellow in the Centre of Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Management, University of Cambridge, UK. She is also Professor of Public Policy at the Higher School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia.

Summary

The first book to assess the role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the development and use of genetically modified organisms.

Product details

• Authors: Ksenia Gerasimova, Ksenia (University of Cambridge Gerasimova
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138223899
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22389-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies; Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Sociology, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Food security & supply, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Development Studies, Agribusiness and primary industries, Environmental policy and protocols