Creating a new object of government: Making genetically modified organisms traceable

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-531

  Lezaun, Javier ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology in Europe; Genetically modified organisms; Regulation; Spatial demarcation; Traceability; Transformation event

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646495746     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706059461     Document Type: Article

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