Engineering Trouble [electronic resource] : Biotechnology and Its Discontents
Schurman, Rachel.
Kelso, Dennis D.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2003.
Talk of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) has moved from the hushed corridors of life science corporations to the front pages of the world's major newspapers. As Europeans began rejecting genetically engineered foods in the marketplace, the StarLink corn incident exploded in the United States and farmers set fire to genetically modified crops in India.
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ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Biotechnology in the New Millennium; 1 Wonderful Potencies? Deep Structure and the Problem of Monopoly in Agricultural Biotechnology; 2 Building a Better Tree: Genetic Engineering and Fiber Farming in Oregon and Washington; 3 The Migration of Salmon from Nature to Biotechnology; 4 Making Biotech History: Social Resistance to Agricultural Biotechnology and the Future of the Biotechnology Industry; 5 Eating Risk: The Politics of Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods; 6 The Global Politics of GEOs: The Achilles' Heel of the Globalization Regime?
7 Biotech Battles: Plants, Power, and Intellectual Property in the New Global Governance Regimes8 From Molecules to Medicines: The Use of Genetic Resources in Pharmaceutical Research; CONCLUSION: Recreating Democracy; GLOSSARY; CONTRIBUTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Talk of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) has moved from the hushed corridors of life science corporations to the front pages of the world's major newspapers. As Europeans began rejecting genetically engineered foods in the marketplace, the StarLink corn incident exploded in the United States and farmers set fire to genetically modified crops in India.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Agricultural biotechnology - Social aspects.
Food.
Food - Biotechnology - Social aspects.
Genetic engineering.
Genetic engineering-- Social aspects.
Biological Science Disciplines
Social Control, Informal
Organism Forms
Technology
Social Sciences
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Sociology
Natural Science Disciplines
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Organisms
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Disciplines and Occupations
Politics
Public Opinion
Biotechnology
Organisms, Genetically Modified
Industry
Health & Biological Sciences
Biomedical Engineering