1st Edition
Genomics and Society Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of the public by civil society groups - all have been cited as drivers of public opinion. Designed in... Read more
The Genomic Society and its Public: Introduction * Part I: Emerging Issues and Debates * Dilemmas of Genetic Information * Spare Parts for Human Bodies * Moving the Goalposts in Bioethics * Whom to Trust with Genes on the Menu? * Part II: The Efficacy of Public Opinion * Public Mobilization and Policy Consequences * The Coming of Age of Public Participation * Issue Salience and Media Framing over 30 Years * The Politics of Bioethics * The Monster in the Public Imagination * Part III: Global Perspectives * Towards a Global Pop Culture of Genes? * Competing Voices, Contrasting Frames in North America * Transatlantic Tensions over GM Crops and Foods:
Diverging perspectives * The Japanese Experience * Paradoxes of Resistance in Brazil * Index
Biography
George Gaskell is Director, Methodology Institute at the London School of Economics. Martin W. Bauer is Reader in Social Psychology and Research Methods at the London School of Economics.
