Crime Political Economy and Genetically Modified Food

This book brings the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. It highlights the criminal actions of state and corporate officials including the illegal production and sale of GM products, biopiracy and the manipulation of science.

Introduction; The Development and Production of GM Food; GM Food - Manna from Heaven or a Human Curse; International Law and the Regulation of GM Food; Third World Hunger, Corporate Exploitation and the US Trade War; Risk, Governmentality and the Political Economy of GM Food; GM Food Hazards and the limits of National Sovereignty in Global Crime Regulation; Reflections and New Horizons -The Future of GM Food, International Regulation and Crime Prevention.