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New Genetics, New Social Formation (Genetics and Society)
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: new, genetics, society, social, formation
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2006-12-26
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 041539323X
ISBN-13: 9780415393232
Book Description:
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 novel manifestations including genetic data banks, committees of inquiry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and national research laboratories, in global context. 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. The case studies together have a significant international focus, and show a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches in this rapidly changing field.
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