Author : Martin W. Bauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780521774390
A series of studies exploring the origins of the current controversy over biotechnology, first published in 2002.
Author : Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1509522743
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature’s mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.
Author : Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136553851
Whether or not to embrace GM technologies is a fundamental and politically charged question facing humanity in the 21st century, particularly in light of rapidly growing populations and the unknown future impacts of climate change. The Gene Revolution is the first book to bridge the gap between thenaysayers andcheerleaders and look at the issues and complexities facing developing and transitional countries over decisions about GM in light of the reality of what is happening on the ground. The first part of the volume looks at the rise of GM crops, commercialization and spread of the technology and the different positions of the USA and the European Union on the GM question and the effect of global markets. The second part consists of country perspectives from Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, which provide insight into the profound challenges these countries face and the hard choices that have to be made. The final part takes the analysis a step further by comparing developing and transitional country experiences, and charts a future course for government policy on GM that supports growth, sustainability and equity for the many billions of people affected worldwide.
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2007
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Author : Montpetit, Éric
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 2006-12-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0739159224
Biotechnology is one of the most important new issues to emerge in the knowledge economy. The Politics of Biotechnology in North America and Europe provides analysts with a perspective on policy-making in scientifically advanced countries that integrate the insights of several approaches and that display a particular sensitivity to the complexity of policy-making conjectures. This perspective allows going beyond the simplistic understandings of biotechnology policy currently prevailing. This volume provides a rigorous analysis and detailed information on biotechnology policy in nine countries. The essays included here present the results of in-depth empirical research in the area of biomedicine and agro-food biotechnology. The book is, therefore, not only of interest to policy-makers and policy analysts, but also to anyone with an interest in biotechnology.
Author : George Gaskell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136548033
The impact of genomics on society has been the focus of debate and conflict across the world. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of the public by civil society groups all have been cited as drivers of public opinion. The long running controversy is a signal that the public's view cannot be ignored in the development and implementation of new technologies arising out of genomics such as agricultural biotechnologies, genetic testing and the uses of genetic information, the cloning of human cells and tissues and transgenic animals. Written by a progressive international group of social scientists from Europe, North America and Japan, this volume presents a series of comparative perspectives on the social, ethical and legal implications of genomics. The result is a book which encapsulates the lessons to be learned from the controversies of the 1990s and raises the level of debate on the societal implications of new developments in genomics.
Author : G. Moloney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 023060918X
Drawing on the non-individualistic perspective of social representations theory, this book presents an alternative view of social identity by articulating the inseparable dynamic relationships that exist between content, process and power relations when social identity is embedded in social knowledge.
Author : Furio Cerutti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1134063741
Makes the innovative effort of examining the interplay between political identity and legitimacy in the unprecedented but also unfinished development of the European Union into a fully fledged political actor.
Author : Frank Timmermans
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 1552381919
'Crossing Over' promotes reflection on the socio-ethical, and policy and regulatory aspects of genomics and biotechnology. This collection of essays illuminates the common themes surrounding this hotly contested issue and considers the politics, public perception, ethics, media representations and future possibilities of genomics.
Author : Martin W. Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317689135
"Atom," "byte" and "gene" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. Resistance continues to challenge these developments in public opinion. This book traces historical debates over atoms, bytes and genes which raised controversy with consequences, and argues that public opinion is a factor of the development of modern techno-science. The level and scope of public controversy is an index of resistance, examined here with a "pain analogy" which shows that just as pain impacts movement, resistance impacts techno-scientific mobilization: it signals that something is wrong, and this requires attention, elaboration and a response to the challenge. This analysis shows how different fields of enquiry deal with the resistance of social-psychological mentalities in the face of industrial, scientific and political activities inspired by projected futures.
