Against the neoliberal steamroller? The Biosafety Protocol and the social regulation of agricultural biotechnologies |
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Authors: | Daniel Lee Kleinman Abby J Kinchy |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA;(2) Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
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Abstract: | Through a discursive and organizational analysis we seek to understand the Biosafety Protocol and the place of socioeconomic
regulation of agricultural biotechnology in it. The literature on the Protocol has been fairly extensive, but little of it
has explored debates over socioeconomic regulation during the negotiation process or the regulatory requirements specified
in the final document. This case is especially important at a time when the spread of neoliberalism is increasingly associated
with deregulation, because it sheds light on the conditions under which circumvention of the market is deemed legitimate and
socio-economic regulation of agricultural technology is possible.
Daniel Lee Kleinman
is a professor in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he is also affiliated
with the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and the Integrated Liberal Studies Program. He is the author and
editor of a number of books, including Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce (2003).
Abby J. Kinchy
is a PhD candidate in the Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her current
research examines the controversies surrounding the genetic “contamination” of Mexican maize and Canadian canola. |
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Keywords: | Biosafety Protocol Biotechnology Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Convention on Biodiversity Genetically modified crops Genetically modified foods Genetically modified organisms |
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