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Contested Accountability Claims and GMO Regulation in the European Union
Author(s) -
SKOGSTAD GRACE
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02166.x
Subject(s) - accountability , european union , politics , political science , public administration , business , law and economics , international trade , economics , law
This article investigates the EU's regulation of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) to argue the potential for difficult‐to‐reconcile conflicts to arise between the internal accountability standards of Member State citizens and external accountability obligations to fellow WTO (World Trade Organization) members. Tracing the internal–external accountability conflicts to the distinct EU–WTO political cultures of GMO risk regulation, the article documents EU decision‐makers' attempts to reconcile internal and external accountability claims in the redesign of the EU GMO regulatory framework and the continuing internal and external controversy that surrounds its implementation.