Science and citizens :: globalization and the challenge of engagement /

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 tradit...

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Weitere Verfasser: Leach, Melissa, Scoones, Ian, Wynne, Brian, 1947-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2005.
Schriftenreihe:Claiming citizenship ; v. 2.
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Zusammenfassung: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 varie.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848131699
1848131690
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9781842775516
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9781281259318
9786611259310
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