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1 online resource (viii, 295 pages) |
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Claiming citizenship : rights, participation and accountability ; v. 2 |
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Claiming citizenship ; v. 2.
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Introduction: science, citizenship and globalization / Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones and Brian Wynne -- Science and citizenship in a global context / Melissa Leach and Ian Scoones -- The post-normal science of safety / Jerry Ravetz -- Are scientists irrational? Risk assessment in practical reason / Frank Fischer -- Risk as globalizing 'democratic' discourse? Framing subjects and citizens / Brian Wynne -- Knowledge, justice and democracy / Shiv Visvanathan -- Myriad stories: constructing expertise and citizenship in discussions of the new genetics / Richard Tutton, Anne Kerr and Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- AIDS, science and citizenship after apartheid / Steven Robins -- Demystifying occupational and environmental health: experiences from India / Murlidhar V. -- Absentee expertise: science advice for biotechnology regulations in developing countries / Kees Jansen and Esther Roquas -- Interrogating China's biotechnology revolution: contesting dominant science policy cultures in the risk society / James Keeley -- Environmental perception and political mobilization in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: a comparative analysis / Anglea Alonso and Valeriano Costa -- 'Let them eat cake': GM foods and the democratic imagination / Sheila Jasanoff -- Plant biotechnology and the rights of the poor: a technographic approach / Paul Richards -- Opening up or closing down? analysis, participation and power in the social appraisal of technology / Andy Stirling -- Geographic information systems for participation / John Forrester and Steve Cinderby -- Democratizing science in the UK: the case of radioactive waste management / Jason Chilvers -- Genetic engineering in Aotearoa, New Zealand: a case of opening up or closing down debate? / Audley Genus and Tee Rogers-Hayden -- Exploring food and farming futures in Zimbabwe: a citizens' jury and scenario workshop experiment / Elijah Rusike |
| Summary |
Rapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences - such as biotechnologies in health, agricultural and environmental arenas - pose a range of pressing challenges to questions of citizenship. This volume brings together for the first time authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalisation. It reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and democracy. A wide varie |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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Biology -- Social aspects.
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Science -- Social aspects
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects
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Globalization.
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World citizenship.
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Science
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Biotechnology
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Social Responsibility
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Public Policy
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globalism.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Biology -- Social aspects
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects
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Globalization
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Science -- Social aspects
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World citizenship
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Biotechnologie
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Soziale Funktion
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Weltbürgertum
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Globalisierung
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Burger en overheid.
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Gezondheidszorg.
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Sociale ontwikkeling.
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Biotechnologie.
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Internationalisatie.
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Mondialisation.
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Sciences.
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Biotechnologie.
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Analyse des risques.
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Citoyenneté.
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Société civile.
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Participation politique.
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Etudes de cas.
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science.
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science policy.
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technological change.
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biotechnology.
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democracy.
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globalization.
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responsibility.
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impact evaluation.
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human rights.
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science.
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politique scientifique.
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changement technologique.
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biotechnologie.
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démocratie.
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mondialisation.
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responsabilité
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évaluation de l'impact.
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droits de l'homme.
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ciencia.
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política científica.
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cambio tecnológico.
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biotecnología.
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democracia.
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globalización.
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responsabilidad moral.
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evaluación del impacto.
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derechos humanos.
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Monde.
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developed countries.
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developing countries.
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pays développés.
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pays en développement.
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países desarrollados.
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países en desarrollo.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leach, Melissa
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Scoones, Ian
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Wynne, Brian, 1947-
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| ISBN |
9781848131699 |
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1848131690 |
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1842775510 |
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9781842775516 |
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1281259314 |
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9781281259318 |
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9786611259310 |
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6611259317 |
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