Designs on Nature Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States

Name: Designs on Nature Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States
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ISBN: 9780691130422

ISBN-10: 0691130426

ISBN-13: 9780691130422

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sheila Jasanoff

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This comparative study explores the politics of biotechnology in Britain, Germany, & the United States, revealing how three national political cultures have influenced divergent responses to genetically modified organisms, embryo research, stem cells, the patenting of biological materials, & relations between science, industry & the state.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 7.91" wide x 11.54" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations and Acronyms


Prologue



Why Compare?



Controlling Narratives



A Question of Europe



Unsettled Settlements



Food for Thought



Natural Mothers and Other Kinds



Ethical Sense and Sensibility



Making Something of Life



The New Social Contract



Civic Epistemology



Republics of Science



Chronology


Notes


References


Index