Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world

Widger, Tom

doi:10.1111/1467-8322.12661

Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world

Widger, Tom

Authors

Dr Thomas Widger tom.widger@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

Bayer's best-selling herbicide, glyphosate, is a once in a generation product. This pesticide has come to symbolize widespread opposition to corporate influence over agrochemical regulation and led to calls for greater democratic accountability in science. In the 1960s, the modern environmental movement was born from campaigns against the insecticide DDT. In the 2010s, glyphosate is helping to foster new coalitions between environmentalists and nationalist groups calling for chemical sovereignty. This guest editorial describes how glyphosate has helped shape these movements in postwar Sri Lanka and the European Union before and after Brexit.

Citation

Widger, T. (2021). Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world. Anthropology Today, 37(4), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12661

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Aug 1, 2021
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2021
Deposit Date	Aug 3, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Aug 2, 2023
Journal	Anthropology Today
Print ISSN	0268-540X
Electronic ISSN	1467-8322
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	37
Issue	4
Pages	1-2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12661
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1244507

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Widger, Tom (2021). Glyphosate regulation and sovereignty politics around the world. Anthropology Today 37(4): 1-2, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12661. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions