Resistance is fertile : Canadian struggles on the biocommons /

Resistance is fertile : Canadian struggles on the biocommons /

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Author / Creator:	Peekhaus, Wilhelm C.
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Agricultural biotechnology -- Economic aspects -- Canada. Agricultural biotechnology -- Government policy -- Canada. Agricultural biotechnology -- Canada. Agricultural biotechnology. Agricultural biotechnology -- Economic aspects. Agricultural biotechnology -- Government policy. Canada. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12019655

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ISBN:	9780774823128 0774823127 9780774823104 0774823100 9780774823135 0774823135
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	"For decades, government, industry, and the mainstream media have extolled the virtues of biotechnology. Their dominant message -- that biotechnology can improve everything from our health and diet to our environment and economy -- is unmistakably celebratory. We hear about biotechnology's power to reverse environmental degradation, help medical researchers identify disease genes, and increase industrial efficiency, output, and jobs. Government and industry rarely tell us about biotechnology's negative side effects. Not only are genetically engineered crops still failing to deliver consistently higher yields; there is also mounting evidence that genetically engineered organisms come with a host of safety and environmental risks. Focusing on agriculture, Resistance Is Fertile challenges the dominant rhetoric surrounding biotechnology by offering a critical analysis of the role of capital and the state in the development of this technoscience. In particular, Wilhelm Peekhaus analyzes the major issues around which opponents of agricultural biotechnology in Canada are mobilizing -- namely, the enclosure of the biological commons and the knowledge commons, which together form the BioCommons. What emerges is an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of topics such as Canada's regulatory regime, the corporate control of seeds, the intellectual property system, and attempts to construct and control public discussions about agricultural biotechnology."--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Peekhaus, Wilhelm. Resistance Is Fertile : Canadian Struggles on the BioCommons. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2014 9780774823104

Table of Contents:

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Canadian Biotechnology Policy and Its Critics
2 Enclosure and Resistance on the BioCommons
3 Battles to Reclaim and Maintain the BioCommons
4 Intellectual Property Rights
5 Regulatory Capture and Its Critics
6 Capture and Control of Biotechnology Discourse in Canada
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index