The genomic society and its public / George Gaskell and Martin W. Bauer --; Part I. Emerging issues and debates --; Dilemmas of genetic information / Urs Dahinden [and others] --; Spare parts for human bodies / Suzanne de Cheveigne, Edna Einsiedel and Jurgen Hampel --; Moving the goal posts in bioethics / Erling Jelsoe [and others] --; Whom to trust with genes on the menu? / Matthias Kohring [and others] --; Part II. The efficacy of public opinion --; Public mobilization and policy consequences / Jurgen Hampel [and others] --; The coming of age of public participation / Edna Einsiedel and Mercy Wambui Kamara --; Issue salience and media framing over 30 years / Martin W. Bauer and Jan M. Gutteling --; The politics of bioethics / Torben Hviid Nielsen --; The monster in the public imagination / Wolfgang Wagner [and others] --; Part III. Global perspectives --; Towards a global pop culture of genes? / Toby Ten Eyck --; Competing voices, contrasting frames in North America / Susanna Hornig Priest --; Transatlantic tensions over GM crops and foods : diverging perspectives / George Gaskell [and others] --; The Japanese experience / Motohiko Nagata [and others] --; Paradoxes of resistance in Brazil / Martin W. Bauer.