New Genetics, New Social FormationsPeter Glasner, Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade 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:
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. |
Contents
New genetics new social formations | 1 |
Distrust ambivalence and risk | 10 |
Creating safe stem cell lines and public support? | 37 |
From rationality to reflexivity | 49 |
The construction and transformation of the precautionary principle in the UK court context | 69 |
6 The social construction of the biotech industry | 94 |
7 Biopiracy and the bioeconomy | 114 |
Narratives of persona in patent law relating to inventions of human origin | 138 |
The social and historical formation of research populations in the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of China | 155 |
Case studies from the French scientific community | 168 |
The bioinformatics challenge | 187 |
The framing of bioethical debates around embryonic stem cell research between 2000 and 2005 | 204 |
The regulation and discourse of genomics and advanced medical technologies in Israel | 231 |
21stcentury visions from genomics proteomics and the new biology | 253 |
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New Genetics, New Social Formations Peter Glasner,Paul Atkinson,Helen Greenslade No preview available - 2014 |