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1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations |
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Genetics and society |
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Genetics and society (Series)
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Dedication; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; The idiom of co-production; The chapters ahead; References; 2. Biology denatured: The public-private lives of lively things; Patenting life revisited; Licensing life; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Capturing the imaginary: Vanguards, visions and the synthetic biology revolution; Imagining synthetic biology; Inspiring metaphors; Imagining openness; Making BioBricks; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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4. Courting innovation: The constitution(s) of Indian biomedicineThe dispute around the Gleevec patent; The dispute around exclusive marketing rights for Gleevec; Biocapital and bioconstitutionalism; Notes; References; 5. Co-producing knowledge and political legitimacy: Comparing life form patent controversies in Europe and the United States; Europe; United States; Conclusion; References; 6. Dispute settlement and legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Adjudicating knowledge claims in the Brazil-United States; Introduction; From growth-based to juridical legitimacy; Brazil and the WTO |
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Origins of the cotton disputeContesting the cotton model; Rulings, appeals and closure; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. Co-production and democratizing global environmental expertise: The IPCC and adaptation to climate change; Introduction; The IPCC as a site of co-production; Adaptation as a site of co-production and civic epistemology; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. Governing emerging technologies? The need to think outside the (black) box; Introduction; Social control of technology: technological forecasting vs. technological flexibility; Developments; Limitations |
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Anticipatory governance of (emerging) technologyDevelopments; Limitations; A strong co-productionist approach to emerging technologies; The tyranny of novelty; Paying attention to the diversity of scales; What is new about new emerging technologies?; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9. To bind or not bind? European ethics as soft law; Introduction; European normativity: regulating as learning; The rise of "ethics" as a tool for governance; Biotechnology: evoking European citizens' values to strengthen the market; Nanotechnology: codifying ethics to make it participatory |
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Synthetic biology: networking dispersed communities through ethics"Ethics" as a moving target; Notes; References; 10. Sociotechnical imaginaries of the "internet," digital health information and the making of citizen-patients; A global sociotechnical imaginary of the "internet"; Health, healthcare and the internet; Sociotechnical imaginary of the internet in the Austrian context; Imag(in)ing the internet; Infoscapes as dangerous natures; Rethinking knowledge relations and moral orders; Discussion and conclusions; Notes; References |
| Summary |
In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding t |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed March 12, 2015) |
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Science -- Social aspects
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Power (Social sciences)
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Democracy and science.
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sociology of knowledge.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Democracy and science
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Power (Social sciences)
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Science -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hilgartner, Stephen, editor.
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Miller, Clark, editor.
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Hagendijk, Rob, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781136748202 |
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1136748202 |
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