Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries

by Andersen,Regine

• ISBN13: 9780754647416
• ISBN10: 0754647412
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317125730
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Governing the Heroin Trade sweeps through most of our common assumptions about how drugs have become a modern curse. In Melissa Bull's analysis, the shape of present concerns about heroin addiction appears somewhat strange, its truthfulness less certain. The value of a solid history of human sciences for understanding how we are governed is amply demonstrated here. David McCallum, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia This book analyses the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs. The study investigates the problem of drug control providing a systematic analysis of the development of the international system of regulation. Identifying the political rationalities that provided the basis of that system, it positions these moral justifications for exercising power in relation to the practical programs that put them into practice. The objective of the work is not simply to catalogue the techniques and strategies employed in the process of governing illicit drugs, but also to note the failures, unintended consequences and other difficulties associated with getting such programs to work. About the Author: Dr Melissa Bull is a Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. She has been a long-term participant in drug policy debate. She has published scholarly articles on addiction, drug treatment, criminal justice policy and drug regulation.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Relevance and objectives of the study

Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: foundations of the topic

Research Design

Research questions and analytical framework

Research strategy and methods

The Constellations of International Regimes Pertaining to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture with the international undertaking on plant genetic resources

The convention on biological diversity

The agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights and the convention for the protection of new varieties of plants

Regime overlap, interaction and resulting constellations

Domestic Responses to the International Regime Constellation Pertaining to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Cases from The Philippines

Effects in The Philippines

Mechanisms of influence of international regimes: 2 cases

Conclusions, Relevance and Challenges

The aggregate effects of international regimes on PGRFA management in developing countries

Implications of the findings and challenges ahead

Bibliography

Interviews

Index

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