New genetics, new social formations. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson and Helen Greenslade.
• Other Names: Glasner, Peter E; Atkinson, Paul, 1947-; Greenslade, Helen
• Contents: 1 Introduction: New Genetics, New Social Formations Peter Glasner and Paul Atkinson -- 2 British Public Attitudes to Agricultural Biotechnology and the 2003 GMN Nation? Public Debate: Distrust, Ambivalence and Risk Nick Pidgeon and Wouter Poortinga -- 3 The UK stem cell bank: Creating safe stem cell lines and public support? Loes Kater -- 4 Public Biotechnology Inquiries: From Rationality to Reflexivity Tee Rogers-Hayden and Mavis Jones -- 5 The Precautionary Principle on Trial: The construction and transformation of the Precautionary Principle in the UK court context Chie Ujita, Liz Sharp and Peter Hopkinson -- 6 The Social Construction of the Biotech Industry Kean Birch -- 7 Biopiracy and the Bioeconomy Paul Oldham -- 8 Identifying John Moore: Narratives of Persona in Patent Law Relating to Inventions of Human Origin Hyo Yoon Kang -- 9 Sampling policies of Isolates of Historical Interest (IHI): the social and historical formation of research populations in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner -- 10 The making of scientific knowledge in the anthropological perspective Case studies from the French scientific community Angela Procoli -- 11 Genomics and the Transformation of Knowledge: the Bioinformatics Challenge Henrik Bruun -- 12 Science, Media and Society: the framing of bioethical debates around embryonic stem cell research between 2000 and 2005 Jenny Kitzinger, Clare Williams and Lesley Henderson -- 13 'Natural Forces' -- The Regulation and Discourse of Genomics and Advanced Medical Technologies in Israel Barbara Prainsack -- 14 Survival of the Gene? 21st Century Visions from Genomics, Proteomics and the New Biology Ruth McNally and Peter Glasner.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (14 pages), (6 illustrations)
• Subjects: 174.2/96042; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Medical genetics -- Social aspects; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects; Genetics -- ethics; Biotechnology -- ethics; Genetic Engineering -- psychology; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical genetics -- Social aspects; Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134162574
• Related ISBNs: 113416257X
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