Quantitative Analysis of Regulatory Discourses on Agricultural Genetic Engineering: An Exploration and Empirical Application of Critical Theory
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2013
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Greenblott, Joseph M.
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This dissertation takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining public policy. On one level, the dissertation is a case study of the use of methodological triangulation to understand the values and beliefs of people within a regulatory system associated with a complex social issue: modern biotechnology/genetic engineering. On another level it is a deep exploration and a practical application of Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action.
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Environmental philosophy, Political Science, Public policy, Agricultural biotechnology, Critical theory, Environmental sociology, Genetically engineered organisms, Genetically modified organisms, Q methodology