When cooperation fails
Subtitle: the international law and politics of genetically modified foods
By: Mark A. Pollack and Gregory C. Shaffer.
Contributors: Shaffer, Gregory C.. 1958-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780199237289; 9780199567058
Subjects: Genetically modified foods -- Law and legislation; Genetically modified foods -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; Genetically modified foods -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: The dispute over genetically modified organisms has brought the US and the EU into conflict. This book examines the dynamic interactions of domestic law and politics, transnational networks, international regimes, and global markets, through a theoretically grounded analysis of the governance of GM foods and crops.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview : biotechnology, risk regulation, and the failure of cooperation; title: The domestic sources of the conflict: why the US and EU biotech regulatory regimes differ; title: The promise and failure of transatlantic regulatory cooperation through networks; title: Deliberation or bargaining? : distributive conflict and the fragmented international regime complex; title: WTO dispute settlement meets GMOS : who decides?; title: US and EU policies since 2000 : change, continuity and (lack of) convergence; title: Conclusions : the lessons of transatlantic conflict, developing countries and the future of agricultural biotechnology.