Changing social order and the quest for justification: GMO controversies in Japan

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-407

  Yamaguchi, Tomiko ^a   Suda, Fumiaki ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disputes; GMOs; Japan; Justification; The convention theory; The social order

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950995059     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243909345837     Document Type: Article

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