| Summary: | Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1. Introduction: the impact of innovations in biotechnology on social cohesion / Michael D. Mehta -- Ch. 2. The impact of agricultural biotechnology on social cohesion / Michael D. Mehta -- Ch. 3. Agricultural biotechnology and developing countries: issues of poverty alleviation, food security, and sustainable development / Jacqueline E.W. Broerse and Joske F.G. Bunders -- Ch. 4. Legitimation crisis: food safety and genetically modified organisms / Christopher K. Vanderpool, Toby A. Ten Eyck, and Craig K. Harris -- Ch. 5. Genetically modified foods in Norway: a consumer perspective / Margareta Wandel -- Ch. 6. Commercializing Iceland: biotechnology, culture, and the information society / Kyle Eischen -- Ch. 7. Biotechnology and social control: the Canadian DNA Data Bank / Neil Gerlach -- Ch. 8. Biotechnology as modern museums of civilization / Annette Burfoot and Jennifer Poudrier -- Ch. 9. The production, diffusion, and use of knowledge in biotechnology: the discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes / Robert Dalpe, Louise Bouchard, and Daniel Ducharme -- Contributors -- Index
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