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Genes out of place: Science, activis...

Kinchy, Abby J.

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Genes out of place: Science, activism, and the politics of biotechnology.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Genes out of place: Science, activism, and the politics of biotechnology./
作者:	Kinchy, Abby J.
面頁冊數:	260 p.
附註:	Adviser: Daniel Lee Kleinman.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-08A.
標題:	Economics, Agricultural. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3278785
ISBN:	9780549196518

Genes out of place: Science, activism, and the politics of biotechnology.
Kinchy, Abby J.

Genes out of place: Science, activism, and the politics of biotechnology. - 260 p.

Adviser: Daniel Lee Kleinman.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2007.

This dissertation examines the contentious politics of "transgene flow"---the cross-pollination of genetically engineered (GE) crops with their unmodified crop relatives---by comparing struggles over GE corn in Mexico and GE canola in Canada. At stake are not simply questions of risk and safety. Battles over transgene flow expose fundamental tensions about economic transformations in the global food system, the ability of small farmers to protect their livelihoods and cultural values, and the freedom to choose what to eat and how it is produced. A transnational network of activists with roots in environmental movements, international genetic resources politics, anti-globalization struggles and indigenous rights movements have found common ground in their outrage over these examples of genetic "contamination" and their defense of non-GE agriculture and food.

ISBN: 9780549196518Subjects--Topical Terms:

626648
Economics, Agricultural.

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