The GM Debate
Risk, Politics and Public Engagement
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.The authors, an experienced team of researchers, produce a conceptually-informed and empirically-based evaluation of the debate, drawing upon detailed observation of both public and behind-the-scenes aspects of the process, the views of participants in deb…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Walls, John / Rowe, Gene / Pidgeon, Nick / Poortinga, Wouter / Murdock, Graham / O'Riordan, Tim
- ISBN: 978-1-134-16264-2
- EAN: 9781134162642
- Produktnummer: 14828035
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'802 KB
- Abbildungen: 7 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 7 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 37 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
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.
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