Outsourcing Regulatory Decision-making
"International" Epistemic Communities, Transnational Firms, and Pesticide Residue Standards in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy A Quark (0000-0002-4956-2392, William & Mary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-28 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243918779123 |
| OpenAlex | W2807565624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 46 |
How do "international" epistemic communities shape regulatory contests between transnational firms and civil society organizations in the Global South? With the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), member states committed to basing trade-restrictive national regulations on science-based "international" standards set by "international" standard-setting bodies. Yet we know little about how the WTO regime has shaped the operation of epistemic communities within standard-setting bodies and, in turn, how standard-setting bodies articulate with national policy-making processes in the Global South. Building on work in the new political sociology of science, I argue that neoliberal globalization and the establishment of the WTO have created incentives for Western epistemic communities to at once cast themselves as "international" under the WTO regime and orient their scientific agendas toward the priorities of transnational firms. Moreover, this transformation of epistemic communities has created opportunities for transnational firms facing contentious policy environments in the Global South to effectively outsource regulatory decision-making to "international" epistemic communities that can claim legal status under the WTO regime. Empirically, I focus on the case of one Western epistemic community-the Association of Analytical Communities International-and its claim to epistemic jurisdiction over pesticide residue standards for soft drinks in India
Civil society · Economics · Epistemic community · Globalization · Incentive · International trade · International trade law · Jurisdiction · Law and economics · Market economy · Outsourcing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · World Trade Organization Law
Creating the Market University
Seeds, Science, and Struggle
Undone Science
The New Transnational Activism
The New Global Rulers
International Organization
Standardization, Globalization and Rationalities of Government
Risk Communication under Post-feminism
Standards, techno-economic networks, and playing fields
Scientific boundary work and food regime transitions
The problem of epistemic jurisdiction in global governance
Neoliberalizing Space
International regulatory regimes
How the World Trade Organization shapes regulatory governance
Epistemic Boomerang
The politics and economics of international institutional standards setting
Introduction
Boundary Organizations in Environmental Policy and Science
Hybrid Management
Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science
Buckets of Resistance
Science and Power in Global Food Regulation
Merchants of Law as Moral Entrepreneurs
Constructing Virtual Justice in the Global Arena
Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry
Popular Epidemiology and Toxic Waste Contamination
Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem
Pesticides in Coca-Cola and Pepsi
The Potentials and Limitations of Civil Society Research
Science and neoliberal globalization
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |