Risking Regulation, Regulating Risk

Lessons from the Transatlantic Biotech Dispute

Bibliographic Data

ID4833237
AuthorsNoah Zerbe (Cal Poly Humboldt, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume24
Issue5
Pages407-423
Publication date2007-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00292.x
OpenAlexW2115562169
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited23

Debates over the future of new technologies frequently implicate governmental policies and regulation, the purpose of which has traditionally been to mitigate the dangers of new technologies through promotion of conditions of safe use. It is increasingly recognized, however, that regulation is predicated on a particular conception of the nature of risk which may or may not correspond to the views and beliefs held by society. Here I explore three broadly related questions in the context of the debates around agricultural biotechnology. First, what are the implications of varying conceptions of risk for regulatory policy in the United States and in the European Union? Second, what are the implications of differing conceptions of risk and resulting regulatory policy for agricultural trade relations between the two giants of international trade? And finally, what lessons might we draw from contemporary disputes over agricultural biotechnology

Agricultural biotechnology · Agriculture · Biology · Economics · Emerging technologies · European union · International trade · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Law · Risk Perception and Management · Biotechnology

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