Are scientists right and non-scientists wrong? Reflections on discussions of GM

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-478

  Deckers, Jan ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Deliberative exchange; Policy; Science; Unnatural; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 26044453013     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-005-0902-1     Document Type: Article

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