Abstract
Introduction One of the prominent features of the contemporary society, as it enters into the second decade of the 21 century, is an increased anxiety over ‘risks’. The potential adverse effects of industrial development and technological innovation have been the subject of wide-spreading social concern, leading to a surge in the number of risk-disputes involving environmental contamination, contested illness and novel technologies (Royal-Commission-on-Environmental-Pollution 2008; Janka and Maldarelli 2004; Brown 2007; Corburn 2005 ). These risk-disputes are taking place against a diverse institutional background, reflecting a continuing struggle over epistemic authority and the control of policy-making process (O'Malley 2009; Kahan 2009; Frickel and Moore 2007). Further, in many cases these risk-disputes take place at the transnational arena, reflecting global public 'bads' (climate change), trade-related health issues (trade in GMOS/Nano products) or other cross-national health concerns (SARS).
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