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Technocratic precautionary principle: Korean risk governance of genetically modified organisms.
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New Genetics & Society . Jun2014, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p204-224. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Regulations for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Korea fluctuate between technocracy and the precautionary principle (PP). Technocratic PP denotes the coexistence, or coproduction, of technocracy with PP – a complex ensemble of technocratic, precautionary policies, and hybrids of the two. This paper analyzes four types of PP-based policies linked to Korean GMO regulations: foresight and monitoring of risk; reverse burden of proof; public participation; and the public's right to know. Korean GMO regulations are consistent with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, a type of PP, but lack long-term risk assessment as well as public participation. Technocracy is embedded both in advance informed agreements as a reverse burden of proof and in proof-based GMO labeling as a right-to-know policy. Technocratic PP results in inconsistencies between PP and technocratic epistemology and the gap between PP-based institutions and technocratic practices. Technocratic PP is therefore a typical phenomenon that occurs in the “glocalization” of risk regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14636778
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Genetics & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96086921
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2014.917916