Index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Impact of Innovations in Biotechnology on Social Cohesion 1
5. The Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology on Social Cohesion 13
6. Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Issues of Poverty Alleviation, Food Security, and Sustainable Development 27
7. Legitimation Crisis: Food Safety and Genetically Modified Organisms 51
8. Genetically Modified Foods in Norway: A Consumer Perspective 70
9. Commercializing Iceland: Biotechnology, Culture, and the Information Society 95
10. Biotechnology and Social Control: The Canadian DNA Data Bank 117
11. Biotechnology as Modern Museums of Civilization 133
12. The Production, Diffusion, and Use of Knowledge in Biotechnology: The Discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes 161
13. Contributors 181
14. Index 185