New Genetics, New Social Formations
Published on 14. December 2006
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-415-39323-2 (ISBN)
Description
New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and avoid the perceived democratic deficit that may result. Papers in this volume discuss a variety of these manifestations in a global context, including:
genetic data banks
committees of inquiry
non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
national research laboratories.
These institutions, across both health and agriculture, are explored in such diverse locations as Amazonia, China, Finland, Israel, the UK and the USA. This volume exhibits a clear thematic coherence around the impact of the new genetics and their associated technologies on new social formations, and the case studies included have a significant international focus, showing a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches in this rapidly changing field.
This innovative new volume will be of interest to postgraduates and professionals in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, science and technology studies, and environmental studies.
genetic data banks
committees of inquiry
non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
national research laboratories.
These institutions, across both health and agriculture, are explored in such diverse locations as Amazonia, China, Finland, Israel, the UK and the USA. This volume exhibits a clear thematic coherence around the impact of the new genetics and their associated technologies on new social formations, and the case studies included have a significant international focus, showing a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches in this rapidly changing field.
This innovative new volume will be of interest to postgraduates and professionals in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, science and technology studies, and environmental studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Zeichnungen, 14 s/w Tabellen, 6 s/w Abbildungen
14 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
625 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-39323-2 (9780415393232)
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Persons
Glasner, Peter; Atkinson, Paul; Greenslade, Helen
Content
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