Consumer activism, EU institutions and global markets: The struggle over biotech foods

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-128

  Kurzer, Paulette ^a   Cooper, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250732314     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X07000657     Document Type: Article

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