Science and Citizens : Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement.
Melissa. Leach
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books Ltd, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (304 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Foreword by John Gaventa; ONE - Science and citizenship; 1 - Introduction: science, citizenship and globalization; 2 - Science and citizenship in a global context; TWO - Beyond risk: defining the terrain; 3 - The post-normal science of safety; 4 - Are scientists irrational? Risk assessment in practical reason; 5 - Risk as globalizing 'democratic' discourse? Framing subjects and citizens; 6 - Knowledge, justice and democracy; THREE - Citizens engaging with science; 7 - Myriad stories: constructing expertise and citizenship in discussions of the new genetics. - 8 - AIDS, science and citizenship after apartheid9 - Demystifying occupational and environmental health: experiences from India; 10 - Absentee expertise: science advice for biotechnology regulation in developing countries; 11 - Interrogating China's biotechnology revolution: contesting dominant science policy cultures; 12 - Environmental perception and political mobilization in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; 13 - 'Let them eat cake. - 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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| Emner | Biology - Social aspects
Biotechnology - Social aspects Globalization Science - Social aspects Vis mer... World citizenship
Social Science. Accountability Biology - General Biotechnology Bioteknologi : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08196 Borgerdeltakelse : (NO-TrBIB)HUME29553 Citizenship Globalisering : (NO-TrBIB)HUME16723 Health & Biological Sciences Popular participation Science and technology Science Statsborgerskap : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09761 Strafferettslig tilregnelighet : (NO-TrBIB)HUME58528 Tilregnelighet (Jus) : (NO-TrBIB)HUME58528 globalisering vitenskap teknologi samfunn utvikling |
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| ISBN | 1842775502. - 1842775510
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