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Science and public participation in regulating genetically-engineered food: Franch an American experiences

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  • Diabanna L. Post
  • Jérôme M. Da Ros

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This paper describes three cases of government-led efforts in France and the United States to bring stakeholders into the regulatory process for genetically-modified food. We analyze how government regulators, scientists, and members of the public interacted in these three different settings, and conclude that public participation is not linked with a regulatory outcome; in other words, for various reasons which we consider, public participation did not have a substantive impact on government policies in this area. We consider how these processes could be improved, by drawing on two distinct literatures — social studies of science and organization theory. A more conscious crossfertilization of the two literatures would shed some insights broadly on science and public organizations, and particularly on the problem of regulating a complex and uncertain area of technology.

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  • Diabanna L. Post & Jérôme M. Da Ros, 2003. "Science and public participation in regulating genetically-engineered food: Franch an American experiences," Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, INRA Department of Economics, vol. 68, pages 75-101.
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