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- Title
Framing the uncertainty of risk: Models of governance for genetically modified foods.
- Authors
Clark, Lisa F.
- Abstract
The interpretation of risk in governance frameworks for genetically modified (GM) foods is an important component of their design and function. This paper develops the concept of a risk frame to better understand how perceptions of risk, uncertainty, and authority over evidence are considered in governance frameworks for GM foods. It develops a typology of risk frames: the proof of harm, precautious and precaution through experience risk frames. The ‘precaution through experience’ risk frame is an emergent concept offering possible avenues beyond current regulatory standoffs by incorporating both scientific and socio-economic perspectives of risk in deepened deliberative settings. The paper uncovers how varying interpretations of uncertainty and acceptable levels of risk associated with innovative technologies influence the development of public policy within regulatory frameworks for biotechnology.
- Subjects
RISK -- Mathematical models; GENETICALLY modified foods; SOCIOECONOMICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD safety; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Science & Public Policy (SPP), 2013, Vol 40, Issue 4, p479
- ISSN
0302-3427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/scipol/sct001