232 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and intellectual contexts, and examines the practical implications for future public engagement initiatives.... Read more

1. The Origins of the Debate  2. Our Approach to Evaluating the Debate  3. The Unfolding of the Debate and the Implementation of the Evaluation Exercise  4. Process Issues  5. The Issue of Representativeness  6. Participants’ Evaluation Criteria  7. The Management and Translation of Knowledge  8. Other Representations of the Debate  9. Conclusions

Biography

Tom Horlick-Jones is an independent researcher and consultant, currently based at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He was team leader of the debate evaluation project.

John Walls is a Senior Research Associate in the School of Environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia.

Gene Rowe is Head of Consumer Science at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich.

Nick Pidgeon is Professor of Applied Psychology in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University.

Wouter Poortinga is an RCUK Academic Fellow in health and risk communication in the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University.

Graham Murdock is Reader in the Sociology of Culture at Loughborough University.

Tim O’Riordan is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.