Abstract
Why has the problem of tobacco energized NGOs and policy entrepreneurs in the USA but much less in the EU? Why has transgenic food provoked similar kinds of collective responses in the EU, but much less in the USA? First, the USA and EU-15 possess different 'cultural markers' in that they express different values/collective preferences. Second, institutional arrangements vary and steer even similar preferences and values to produce different political results.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The State of the European Union Vol. 7 |
| Subtitle of host publication | With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191603297 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199283958 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2006 |
Keywords
- Culture
- Genetically modified organism
- Institutions
- Risk perception
- Tobacco
- Transgenic food
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences