Author (Person) | Pollack, Mark A., Shaffer, Gregory C. |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication Date | 2009 |
ISBN | 978-0-19-923728-9 |
Content Type | Textbook | Monograph |
Abstract: Professors Pollack and Shaffer investigate the obstacles to reconciling regulatory differences among nations through international cooperation, using the lens of the GMO dispute. The book addresses the dynamic interactions of domestic law and politics, transnational networks, international regimes, and global markets, through a theoretically grounded and empirically comprehensive analysis of the governance of GM foods and crops. They demonstrate that the deeply politicized, entrenched and path-dependent nature of the regulation of GMOs in the US and the EU has fundamentally shaped negotiations and decision-making at the international level, limiting the prospects for deliberation and providing incentives for both sides to engage in hard bargaining and to 'shop' for favorable international forums. They then assess the impacts, and the limits, of international pressures on domestic US and European law, politics and business practice, which have remained strikingly resistant to change. International cooperation in areas like GMO regulation, the authors conclude, must overcome multiple obstacles, legal and political, domestic and international. Any effective response to this persistent dispute, they argue, must recognize both the obstacles to successful cooperation, and the options that remain for each side when cooperation fails. When Cooperation Fails will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, especially those interested in international law, international relations, international political economy, and law and society. Contents: |
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Source Link | https://global.oup.com/academic/ |
Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe, United States |
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