Edited by
Nataly Botero, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France.
Hélène Ledouble, University of Toulon, France.
François Allard-Huver, Université Catholique de l’Ouest, France.
ISBN : 9781786309501
Publication Date : December 2024
Hardcover 236 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
The use of pesticides is a subject of intense public debate. Whether in media, legal, terminological or political terms, the subject is migrating from a strictly agricultural universe to a global, social problem.
Given the complexity of current and future issues, Pesticides provides a forum for multidisciplinary dialogue and debate on plant protection products within the humanities and social sciences. It presents reflections on the discursive and argumentative activity of the various players and arenas in the debate, and on the development and testing of consensus through controversy and counter-discourse.
This book examines the scientific and communication practices of economic and industrial players (influence and lobbying), agricultural practices in terms of pesticide exposure, and the legal proceedings and initiatives of local authorities and associations. It also seeks to shed light on the media coverage of health and environmental issues surrounding pesticides.
1. Ergotoxicology in Action: Understanding Work-Activity Pesticide Exposures, Fabienne Goutille, Louis Galey, Clémence Rambaud, Laurence Thery and Alain Garrigou.
2. Thinking about Pesticides in Terms of a “Socio-technical Lock-in” of Information, Jan Smolinski.
3. Activist Measures and Legal Levers: An Interview with Dominique Masset, Nataly Botero, Hélène Ledouble and François Allard-Huver.
4. The Globalization of Regulatory Science on Pesticides: History and Effects on European Law, Annie Martin.
5. Fighting the Colorado Potato Beetle in Francoist Spain (1939–1953), José Ramón Bertomeu Sánchez.
6. From Pesticides to Thyroid Diseases: Media Coverage of a Nameless Problem, Estera Badau.
7. Discursive Strategies of a Sociotechnical Network: The Case of Natural Plant Defense Stimulators, Antoine Blanchard.
8. Circulation of Discourses and Counter-discourses about Pesticides on Social Networks, Albin Wagener.
Nataly Botero is Associate Professor in Information and Communication Sciences at the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France. She works on the media coverage of ecological issues in France.
Hélène Ledouble is Associate Professor at the University of Toulon, France. She works in applied linguistics and textual data analysis and is particularly interested in popularizing discourse on environmental issues.
François Allard-Huver is Associate Professor in Information and Communication studies at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest, France, and a researcher at CHUS. He is interested in environmental and health controversies and polemics in the public sphere.
