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Book SynopsisThe two faces of biotechnology are revealed throughout to show the promises and perils associated with a range of innovations.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1 Introduction: The Impact of Innovations in Biotechnology on SocialCohesion / Michael Mehta
2 The Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology on Social Cohesion /Michael Mehta
3 Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Issues ofPoverty Alleviation, Food Security and Sustainable Development /Jacqueline Broerse and Joske Bunders
4 Legitimation Crisis: Food Safety and Genetically ModifiedOrganisms / Christopher Vanderpool, Toby Ten Eyck and CraigHarris
5 Genetically Modified Foods in Norway: A Consumer Perspective /Margareta Wandel
6 Commercializing Iceland: Biotechnology, Culture and theInformation Society / Kyle Eischen
7 Biotechnology and Social Control: The Canadian DNA Data Bank /Neil Gerlach
8 Biotechnology as Modern Museums of Civilization / AnnetteBurfoot and Jennifer Poudrier
9 The Production, Diffusion and Use of Knowledge in Biotechnology:The Discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes / Robert Dalpé, LouiseBouchard and Daniel Ducharme
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