Politics of Genetically Modified Organisms in the United States and Europe

Kelly A. Clancy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA. She has broad interests in European contentious politics, and has conducted research in Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. She earned her PhD in political science from Rutgers University, USA, in 2015, and is an adjunct member of the Rutgers graduate faculty.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. The Story of GMOs in the US and Europe .- 3. The Ideology of Sound Science and its Defense .- 4. Strategies of Resistance .- 5. Conclusions and Implications.