New Genetics, New Social Formations (Genetics and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415759439 ISBN 13: 9780415759434

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and avoid the perceived democratic deficit that may result. Papers in this volume discuss a variety of these manifestations in a global context, including:

• genetic data banks
• committees of inquiry
• non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
• national research laboratories.

These institutions, across both health and agriculture, are explored in such diverse locations as Amazonia, China, Finland, Israel, the UK and the USA. This volume exhibits a clear thematic coherence around the impact of the new genetics and their associated technologies on new social formations, and the case studies included have a significant international focus, showing a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches in this rapidly changing field.

This innovative new volume will be of interest to postgraduates and professionals in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, science and technology studies, and environmental studies.

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About the Author

Glasner, Peter; Atkinson, Paul; Greenslade, Helen

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415759439
• ISBN 13: 9780415759434
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Glasner Peter, Atkinson Paul, Greenslade Helen