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Seeds, Science, and Struggle The Global Politics of Transgenic Crops

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By: Abby Kinchy(Author)
240 pages
Publisher: MIT Press
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  • Seeds, Science, and Struggle ISBN: 9780262517744 Paperback Jul 2012 Out of Print #204694
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Genetic engineering has a wide range of cultural, economic, and ethical implications, yet it has become almost an article of faith that regulatory decisions about biotechnology be based only on evidence of specific quantifiable risks; to consider anything else is said to "politicize" regulation.

In this study of social protest against genetically engineered food, Abby Kinchy turns the conventional argument on its head. Rather than consider politicization of the regulatory system, she takes a close look at the scientization of public debate about the "contamination" of crops resulting from pollen drift and seed mixing.

Advocates of alternative agriculture confront the scientization of this debate by calling on international experts, carrying out their own research, questioning regulatory science in court, building alternative markets, and demanding that their governments consider the social and economic impacts of the new technologies.

Seeds, Science, and Struggle focuses on social conflicts over canola in Canada and maize in Mexico, drawing out their linkages to the global food system and international environmental governance.

Seeds, Science, and Struggle ultimately demonstrates the shortcomings of dominant models of scientific risk governance, which marginalize alternative visions of rural livelihoods and sustainable food production.

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Abby Kinchy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and coeditor of Controversies in Science and Technology: From Maize to Menopause.

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By: Abby Kinchy(Author)
240 pages
Publisher: MIT Press
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