Dissertation Research on Animal Rights and Animal Research: Value Formation and Conflict Escalation

本论文的研究课题是社会 生物医学研究内部和之间的相互作用， 动物权利团体。 该研究通过以下方式审查这一过程： 参与者形成关于什么构成道德 动物研究和导致升级的因素， 冲突降级。 该分析借鉴了三年来 组织会议、专题讨论会和抗议活动的意见 动物权利活动家和生物医学研究人员在两个 美国南部一个州的社区。 这些数据 补充了50名参与者的访谈， 媒体报道和分析文献， 由动物权利和生物医学研究所 社区 这项补助金将使研究人员能够延长他的 在第二个社区进行观察并收集数据。 结果 将提供理论和实践的贡献， 理解社会运动和道德的出现 科技冲突。

This dissertation research project studies the social interactions within and between the biomedical research and animal rights communities. The research examines the process by which participants form opinions about what constitutes ethical research with animals and the factors that lead to escalation and deescalation of conflicts. The analysis draws on three years of observations at organization meetings, symposia and protests of animal rights activists and biomedical researchers in two communities in a Southern state of the United States. These data are supplemented with 50 interviews of participants, a review of media coverage, and analysis of literature developed and distributed by the animal rights and biomedical research community. This grant will enable the researcher to extend his observations to and collect data in a second community. Results will provide a theoretical and practical contribution to understanding social movements and the emergence of ethical conflicts involving science and technology.