Policy gridlock or future change? The political economy dynamics of EU biotechnology regulation

AgBioForum

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a   Vandemoortele, Thijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; EU regulation; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851505720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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