
Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis
The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies
John H. Perkins(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 28. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIX, 304 pages
978-1-4684-4000-3 (ISBN)
Description
Science and technology are cultural phenomena. Expert knowledge is generated amid the conflicts of a society and in turn supplies fuel to fire yet further change and new clashes. This essay on economic entomology is a case study on how cultural events and forces affected the creation of scientific and technical knowledge. The time period emphasized is 1945 to 1980. My initial premises for selecting relevant data for the story were ultimately not of much use. Virtually all debates about insect control since 1945 have been centered around the environmental and health hazards associated with insecticides. My first but inadequate conclusion was that the center of interest lay between those who defended the chemicals and those who advocated the use of nonchemical control methods. With this formulation of the problem, I was drawn to an analysis of how the chemical manufacturers had managed to dominate and even corrupt the work of entomological scientists, farmers, members of Congress, and regulators in the USDA and EPA. My own contribu tions to a policy study at the National Academy of Sciences were based 1 on this premise. More recently, Robert van den Bosch developed the 2 "corruption theme" in considerable detail.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
13 s/w Abbildungen
XIX, 304 p. 13 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-4000-3 (9781468440003)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-3998-4
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Additional editions
J. H. Perkins | John Perkins
Insects Experts and the Insecticide Crisis
Book
03/1982
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
€109.28
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Content
I The Insecticide Crisis.- 1 A New Technology.- 2 Crisis.- II A Search for Alternatives.- 3 Strategies I: Integrated Pest Management.- 4 Strategies II: Total Population Management.- 5 Traumas.- III Entomology in its Cultural Context.- 6 A Conceptual Framework.- 7 The Philosophical Foundations.- 8 Revolutionary Farmers.- 9 Entomologists and the Revolution.- 10 Entomology and Agricultural Production.