How to manage uncertainty: transgenic products and the debate over the principle of substantial equivalence
This article analyses the various postures that contemporary societies adopt when faced with the complex and the unknown. In particular, I examine why the risks associated with new transgenic crops may prompt, on the one hand, inaction, complacency and conformism or, on the other hand, activism, sus...
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Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
2008-11-01
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Series: | Athenea Digital |
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Online Access: | http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/515 |