The controversy over GM canola in Australia as an ontological politics

Environmental Values

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-208

  Robins, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Controversy; Gene Technology in Australia; Genetically modified canola (GM canola); Multiplicity; Ontological politics

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CANOLA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; POLITICAL THEORY;

AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84863908148     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327112X13303670567332     Document Type: Article

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