Politically Corrected Science: The Early Negotiation of U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology Policy

Politically Corrected Science: The Early Negotiation of U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology Policy

This social history of science policy development emphasizes the impact on the agricultural community of federal policies regarding release of recombinant DNA (rDNA) organisms into the environment. The history also demonstrates that the U.S. Coordinated Framework for Biotechnology Regulation (1986)...

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Main Author: Jones, Mary Ellen
Other Authors: Science and Technology Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
genetic engineering
world view and science policy preferences
rDNA
Jeremy Rifkin
Reagan Administration
periodicity of technological controversy
Cloneheads
recombinant DNA in agriculture
science and politics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29868
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-120199-091346/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29868
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-120199-091346/

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