Legal and political hybridity of the European Union – genetically modified organisms’ case

• Authors: Szkarłat Monika

Title variants

PL

Prawna i polityczna hybrydowość Unii Europejskiej na przykładzie prawa dotyczącego organizmów genetycznie zmodyfikowanych

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The European Union can be described as a particular hybrid integration structure that combines features of a state and intergovernmental organisation. Its institutional framework, legal system and division of competences are examples of a supranational organisation or a transnational decision-making system. The decision-making process is an outcome of network interactions between multiple actors, whose relations are non-hierarchically ordered. Genetically modified organisms (GMO) as an example of modern biotechnology application is a highly polarising subject in the EU, as well as globally. Thus, the policy towards GMO is an exemplification of legal and political hybridity of the EU. The analysis of the EU’s legal and political hybridity will be narrowed down to the GM plants case and methodologically organised around the concept of decision-making analysis that is composed of five categories: decision-making situation, actors, decision-making process, decision, implementation of the decision.

PL

Unię Europejską można opisać jako szczególną hybrydową strukturę integracyjną, która łączy w sobie cechy państwa i organizacji międzyrządowej. Jej ramy instytucjonalne, system prawny i podział kompetencji są przykładami organizacji ponadnarodowej lub ponadnarodowego systemu decyzyjnego. Proces decyzyjny jest wynikiem interakcji sieciowych pomiędzy wieloma podmiotami, których relacje są niehierarchicznie uporządkowane. Organizmy zmodyfikowane genetycznie (GMO) jako przykład zastosowania nowoczesnej biotechnologii są tematem wysoce polaryzującym w UE, jak i na świecie. Tym samym polityka wobec GMO jest przykładem prawnej i politycznej hybrydowości UE. Analiza prawnej i politycznej hybrydowości UE zostanie zawężona do przypadku roślin zmodyfikowanych genetycznie i metodologicznie zorganizowana wokół koncepcji analizy decyzyjnej, która składa się z pięciu kategorii: sytuacja decyzyjna, podmioty, proces decyzyjny, decyzja, wdrożenie decyzji.

Keywords

EN

European Union; legal and political hybridity; decision-making analysis; decision-making process; genetically modified organisms (GMO)

PL

Unia Europejska; hybrydowość prawna i polityczna; analiza decyzyjna; proces decyzyjny w UE; organizmy genetycznie zmodyfikowane (GMO)

• Publisher: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Przegląd Europejski
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 3(57)
• Pages: 125-144

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Szkarłat Monika

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

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