BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A book by Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of Political Science William Munro has been awarded the Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize by the American Political Science Association. The prize is given for the best book in environmental politics published in the past three years.
Munro co-authored the book, titled Fighting for the Future of Food: Activists versus Agribusiness in the Struggle over Biotechnology (University of Minnesota Press, 2010), with Rachel Schurman of the University of Minnesota. The work is a scholarly analysis exploring the worldwide debate over genetically modified seeds (GM).