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Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States
Sheila Jasanoff
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Description for Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States
Paperback. Compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole. This book shows how public and private actors in each setting evaluated manifestations of biotechnology and tried to reassure themselves about their safety. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JPQB; PDR; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and ... Read more
Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130422
SKU
V9780691130422
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About Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Trained in law at Harvard Law School, she is the author of many books on the role of science and technology in the politics of modern democratic societies, including "Science at the Bar, The Fifth Branch, and Risk Management and Political ... Read more
Reviews for Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States
"The book is worth reading... Jasanoff's fascinating descriptions and explanations of the different interpretations and understandings of biotechnology regulation ... provide an interesting perspective on the decisions for patenting higher life forms that have been made in each of the jurisdictions during the last 25 years."
Julian Kinderlerer, Science "Sheila Jasanoff has written a carefully structured, ambitious and timely book ... ... Read more
Julian Kinderlerer, Science "Sheila Jasanoff has written a carefully structured, ambitious and timely book ... ... Read more