Designs on Nature

Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States

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Jasanoff, Sheila

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

392 Seiten

Englisch

Princeton University Presserschienen am22.01.2007

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.mehr

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KlappentextCompares 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.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-691-13042-2

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr2007

Erscheinungsdatum22.01.2007

Seiten392 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 23 mm

Gewicht665 g

Artikel-Nr.14221616

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GenreNaturwissenschaft/Umwelt/Technik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xi Prologue 1 Chapter 1: Why Compare? 13 Chapter 2: Controlling Narratives 42 Chapter 3: A Question of Europe 68 Chapter 4: Unsettled Settlements 94 Chapter 5: Food for Thought 119 Chapter 6: Natural Mothers and Other Kinds 146 Chapter 7: Ethical Sense and Sensibility 171 Chapter 8: Making Something of Life 203 Chapter 9: The New Social Contract 225 Chapter 10: Civic Epistemology 247 Chapter 11: Republics of Science 272 APPENDIX: CHRONOLOGY 293 NOTES 295 REFERENCES 339 INDEX 361mehr