Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology. As new developments occur, public debate has become more heated and grave concerns have been expressed about access to genetic information, labelling of genetically modified foods and human and animal cloning. This book presents a unique study of the relationship between new biotechnology and public perception, media coverage and policy formulation. It outlines a new conceptual framework and contains empirical studies on international controversies such as the cloning of Dolly the...
Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology. As new developments occur, public de...
Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology. As new developments occur, public debate has become more heated and grave concerns have been expressed about access to genetic information, labelling of genetically modified foods and human and animal cloning. This book presents a unique study of the relationship between new biotechnology and public perception, media coverage and policy formulation. It outlines a new conceptual framework and contains empirical studies on international controversies such as the cloning of Dolly the...
Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology. As new developments occur, public de...
Offers an introduction to a range of research methods with the objective of clarifying procedures, good practice and public accountability. This book covers different ways of collecting data and different types of data relating to text, image and sound. It also introduces the main analytic approaches for text, image and sound.
Offers an introduction to a range of research methods with the objective of clarifying procedures, good practice and public accountability. This book ...
Since the mid 1990s, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. This title presents a series of comparative perspectives on the social, ethical and legal implications of genomics. It intends to capture lessons from the controversies of the 1990s.
Since the mid 1990s, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. This titl...
This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social issues.
This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social...
A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities, the public understanding of science, health and social marketing. The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This Handbook provides an overview of these core aspects and brings together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own right....
A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, n...
