Science and Citizens - Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement (Paperback)

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?

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Claiming Citizenship
Release date:	2000
First published:	May 2005
Editors:	Melissa Leach • Ian Scoones • Brian Wynne
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-84277-551-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	1-84277-551-0
Barcode:	9781842775516

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