New Genetics, New Social Formations (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Glasner, Peter; Greenslade, Helen; Atkinson, Paul

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Exhibits a thematic coherence around the impact of the genetics and their associated technologies on new social formations, showing a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches in this field. This volume is of interest to postgraduates and professionals in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, and environmental studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134162581
• Artikelnr.: 42669753

Autorenporträt

Glasner, Peter; Atkinson, Paul; Greenslade, Helen

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: New Genetics, New Social Formations 2. British Public
Attitudes to Agricultural Biotechnology and the 2003 GMN Nation?: Public
Debate - Distrust, Ambivalence and Risk 3. The UK Stem Cell Bank: Creating
Safe Stem Cell Lines and Public Support? 4. Public Biotechnology
Inquiries: From Rationality to Reflexivity 5. The Precautionary Principle
on Trial: The Construction and Transformation of the Precautionary
Principle in the UK Court Context 6. The Social Construction of the Biotech
Industry 7. Biopiracy and the Bioeconomy 8. Identifying John Moore:
Narratives of Persona in Patent Law Relating to Inventions of Human Origin
9. Sampling policies of Isolates of Historical Interest (IHI): The Social
and Historical Formation of Research Populations in the People's Republic
of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) 10. The Making of Scientific
Knowledge in the Anthropological Perspective Case Studies from the French
Scientific Community 11. Genomics and the Transformation of Knowledge: The
Bioinformatics Challenge 12. Science, Media and Society: The Framing of
Bioethical Debates around Embryonic Stem Cell Research between 2000 and
2005 13. 'Natural Forces': The Regulation and Discourse of Genomics and
Advanced Medical Technologies in Israel 14. Survival of the Gene?: 21st
Century Visions from Genomics, Proteomics and the New Biology