Science and citizens : globalization and the challenge of engagement /: globalization and the challenge of engagement. ([2008?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Globalization and the challenge of engagement; Globalization & the challenge of engagement
• Further Information: Note: Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones, and Brian Wynne, editors ; [foreword by John Gaventa].
• Other Names: Leach, Melissa; Scoones, Ian; Wynne, Brian, 1947-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 306.45; Biology -- Social aspects; Science -- Social aspects; Biotechnology -- Social aspects; Globalization; World citizenship; Biologie -- Aspect social; Sciences -- Aspect social; Biotechnologie -- Aspect social; Mondialisation; Citoyenneté mondiale; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Biology -- Social aspects; Biotechnology -- Social aspects; Globalization; Science -- Social aspects; World citizenship; Biotechnologie; Soziale Funktion; Weltbürgertum; Globalisierung; Burger en overheid; Gezondheidszorg; Sociale ontwikkeling; Biotechnologie; Internationalisatie; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848131699; 1848131690
• Related ISBNs: 9781842775509; 1842775502; 9781842775516; 1842775510
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.