Böcker av Susan Holtz

Sustainability assessment is emerging as a transparent, integrated and far-sighted approach to decision making. Its basic demand is that significant undertakings must make a positive contribution to sustainability. Drawing from transdisciplinary theory and case experience, the book addresses these matters and the surrounding controversies.

Genetically Modified Crops: Promises, Perils, and the Need for Public Policy assesses the record of GM crops and the role of public policy in their regulation. It places biotechnology within an ethical context of concern for equity, the environment, and the common good. It presents a framework for understanding the varieties of biotechnologies and for gauging strategic action on public policy. This pamphlet will be helpful for understanding biotechnology issues and for guidance on engaging these issues at the level of public policy for the common good.