Hybrid regimes of knowledge? challenges for constructing scientific evidence in the context of the GMO-debate

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 508-520

  Böschen, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epistemic cultures; GMO; Non knowledge; Politics of knowledge; Precautionary principle; Risk policy

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; DECADAL VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RESEARCH; RISK;

EID: 70349577658     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0164-y     Document Type: Article

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