Against Free Markets, against Science? Regulating the Socio-Economic Effects of Biotechnology

Autor/inn/en	Kinchy, Abby J.; Kleinman, Daniel Lee; Autry, Robyn
Titel	Against Free Markets, against Science? Regulating the Socio-Economic Effects of Biotechnology
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 73 (2008) 2, S.147-179 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Biotechnology; Political Attitudes; Public Policy; Agriculture; Role; Discourse Analysis; Federal Regulation; Industry + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Biotechnologie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Landwirtschaft; Rollen; Diskursanalyse; Bundeskompetenz; Industrie
Abstract	This study challenges the assumption that abstract "globalization" forces are driving transformations in the relationships between states and markets. Employing three cases of policy debate regarding the regulation of agricultural biotechnology (ag-biotech), we examine the role of discourse in the formation of neoliberal regulatory schemes. We show that one important mechanism for the successful institutionalization of neoliberalism in the area of ag-biotech has been the linking of neoliberal discourse with a discourse of "scientism." This strategic combination of discourses has been used by advocates of biotechnology to depoliticize ag-biotech--that is, to remove it further from political debate and state intervention. However, in each case examined here, certain state actors resisted industry demands for minimal regulation, and in each context this resistance produced markedly different outcomes. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10