Trust, justification and controversy on the GMOs in Europe

Confiance, justification et controverse sur les OGM en Europe

Samira Chaklatti () and Damien Rousselière
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Samira Chaklatti: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Abstract: The emergence of genetically-modified-plants, in Europe, led to important debates and particularly about the consumption of genetically-modified-foods. In this context, this controversy concerning the GMOs (genetically-modified-organisms) seems to be the result of a confrontation between the various interests of actors (associative and voluntary sector, industrial, expert and scientific lobby, political and elected representatives) organized in special interest groups, each one being based on various registers of justification of the benefits or the supposed disadvantages of agricultural biotechnologies. With data from the Eurobarometer 58.0, we tried to specify the importance of trust in voluntary organizations and justification registries positioning in the public discussion on the GMOs on behalf of the " ordinary citizens". In conclusion, we discuss the principal stylized facts thus characterized.

Keywords: Genetically-modified-organisms; Controversy; Economies of worth; Public debate and discussion; Eurobarometer; Cross European study; Organismes génétiquement modifiés; Controverse; Théorie de la justification (économies de la grandeur); Débat public; Eurobaromètre; Comparaison européenne (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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Published in Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, 2006, 81 (4), pp.61-93. ⟨10.3406/reae.2006.2024⟩

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DOI: 10.3406/reae.2006.2024

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