Consensual NIMBYs, contentious NIABYs: Explaining contrasting forms of farmers GMO opposition in Austria and France

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-40

  Seifert, Franz ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749192261     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00473.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Agrikiolansky, E., O. Fillieule and N. Mayer (2005) L'altermondialisme en France. La longue histoire d'une nouvelle cause (The global justice movement in France. The long history of a new cause) (Paris: Flammarion)
2. Ansell, C., R. Maxwell and D. Sicurelli (2006) Protesting food: NGOs and political mobilisation in Europe. Pp. 97-122 in C. Ansell and D. Vogel eds, What's the beef? The contested governance of European food safety (Berkeley, CA: MIT Press)
3. Berclaz, J. and M. Guigni (2005) Specifying the concept of political opportunity structures. Pp. 15-32 in M. Kousis and C. Tilly eds, Economic and political contention in comparative perspective (Boulder, CO: Paradigm)
4. Buller, H. (2004) The 'espace productif', the 'théâtre de la nature' and the 'territoires de développement local': The opposing rationales of contemporary French rural development policy. International Planning Studies 9 (2-3) pp. 101-119
5. Commission of European Communities (CEC) (2005) Agri-environment measures. Overview on general principles, types of measures, and application. Available online at http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/ public/index_en.htm Accessed 29 July 2009
6. Confédération Paysanne (CP) (1997) Technologies génétiques: Pour un moratoire sur la mise en culture et la commercialisation, pour l'application du principe de précaution. Press release of the Confédération paysanne, 17 March (Siège de Bagnolet: CP)
7. Della Porta, D. and M. Diani (2006) Social movements: An introduction, 2nd edn (Malden, MA: Blackwell)
8. Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW) (2007) 48. Grüner Bericht (Green report) (Vienna: BMLFUW)
9. Gottweis, H. (1997) Neue soziale Bewegungen in Österreich (New social movements in Austria) Pp. 342-358 in H. Dachs, P. Gerlich, H. Gottweis, F. Horner, V. Lauber and W.C. Müller eds, Handbuch des politischen Systems Österreichs. Die Zweite Republik (Handbook of Austrian political systems in the Second Republic) (Vienna: Manz)
10. Groier, M. and N. Gleirscher (2005) Bio-Landbau in Österreich im internationalen Kontext. Bd1: Strukturentwicklung, Förderung und Markt (Organic farming in Austria in the international context. Vol. 1. Structural development, support and market) (Vienna: Federal Institute for Less-favoured Mountainous Areas)
11. Heller, C. (2002) From scientific risk to paysan savoir-faire: Peasant expertise in the French and global debate over GM Crops. Science as Culture 11 (1) pp. 5-37
12. Hoppichler, J. (2000) Concepts of GMO-free environmentally sensitive areas (Vienna: Federal Institute for Less-favoured Mountainous Areas)
13. Jasper, J.M. (1988) The political life cycle of technological controversies. Social Forces 67 (2) pp. 357-377
14. Kitschelt, H.P. (1986) Political opportunity structures and political protest: Anti-nuclear movements in four democracies. British Journal of Political Science 16 (1) pp. 57-85
15. Kriesi, H.-P. (1995) The political opportunity structure of new social movements: Its impact on their mobilization. Pp. 167-198 in J.C. Jenkins and B. Klandermans eds, The politics of social protest. Comparative perspectives on states and social movements (London: University College of London Press)
16. Kriesi, H.-P. (2004) Political context and opportunity. Pp. 67-90 in D.A. Snow, S. Soule and H.-P. Kriesi eds, The Blackwell companion to social movements (Oxford: Blackwell)
17. Kriesi, H.-P., R. Koopmans, J.-W. Duyvendak and M. Giugni (1995) New social movements in western Europe (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press)
18. Le Monde (2004) Clémence du procureur pour trois militants anti-OGM. 23 April
19. Marris, C. and P.-B. Joly (1999) Between consensus and citizens: Public participation in technology assessment in France. Science Studies 12 (2) pp. 3-32
20. Martin, J.-P. (2005) La Confédération paysanne et José Bové, des actions médiatiques au service d'un projet? Ruralia Available online at http://ruralia.revues.org/ document142.html Accessed 27 July 2008
21. Meyer, D.S. (2004) Protest and political opportunities. Annual Review of Sociology 30 pp. 125-145
22. Montpetit, E. (2000) Europeanization and domestic politics: Europe and the development of a French environmental policy for the agricultural sector. Journal of European Public Policy 7 (4) pp. 576-592
23. Seifert, F. (2006a) Synchronised national publics as functional equivalent of an integrated European public. The case of biotechnology. European Integration Online Papers 10 (8) Available online at http://eiop.or.at/eiop/index.php/eiop/article/view/2006_008a/26 Accessed 27 July 2008
24. Seifert, F. (2006b) Regional GM opposition as multilevel challenge? The case of upper Austria. Tailoring Biotechnologies 2 (3) pp. 11-36
25. Seifert, Franz (2008) Tidy backyards or global justice. Type of GMO opposition in Austria and France and their wider implications Pp. 79-96 in G. Ruivenkamp, S. Hisano and J. Jongerden eds, Reconstructing biotechnologies critical analyses (Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers)
26. Sinabell, F. and M.F. Hofreither (2003) Umweltpolitische Steuerungsinstrumente im Bereich der Landwirtschaft. Pp. 45-60 in H. Greisberger ed. Zuckerbrot und Peitsche. Umweltpolitische Steuerungsinstrumente. Von Öko-Audit bis Öko-Steuern (Environmental steering instruments in Agriculture. 2. Carrot and stick. Environmental steering instruments. From Eco-Management and Audit Scheme to Ecotax) (Vienna: Forum Österreichischer Wissenschaftler für Umweltschutz)
27. Tait, J. (1987) NIMBY and NIABY: Public perception of biotechnology. International Industrial Biotechnology 8(6) pp. 5-9
28. Vogl, C.R. and J. Hess (1999) Organic farming in Austria. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 14 (3) pp. 137-143