| Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement Contributor(s): Leach, Melissa (Editor), Scoones, Ian (Editor), Wynne, Brian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842775510 ISBN-13: 9781842775516 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: This volume brings together authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalization. The book reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and democracy. Different case studies cover issues ranging from medical genetics, agricultural biotechnology, occupational health and HIV/AIDS in settings including rural Sierra Leone, urban Britain, China, South Africa, India and Brazil. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
| Dewey: 306.45 |
| LCCN: 2004057236 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.56" W x 8.5" (0.84 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences - such as biotechnologies in health, agricultural and environmental arenas - pose a range of pressing challenges to questions of citizenship. This volume brings together for the first time authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalisation. It reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and democracy. A wide variety of pressing issues is explored, such as medical genetics, agricultural biotechnology, occupational health and HIV/AIDS. Drawing upon rich case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, Science and Citizens asks: - Do new perspectives on science, expertise and citizenship emerge from comparing cases across different issues and settings?- What difference does globalisation make? - What does this tell us about approaches to risk, regulation and public participation? - How might the notion of 'cognitive justice' help to further debate and practice? |