Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond (Genetics and Society)

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Synopsis
In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding these phenomena poses important intellectual and normative challenges: neither traditional social sciences nor prevailing modes of democratic governance have fully grappled with the deep and growing significance of knowledge-making in twenty-first century politics and markets. Building on new work in science and technology studies (STS), this book advances the systematic analysis of the coproduction of knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Using case studies in the new life sciences, supplemented with cases on informatics and other topics such as climate science, this book presents a theoretical framing of coproduction processes while also providing detailed empirical analyses and nuanced comparative work. Science and Democracy: Knowledge as Wealth and Power in the Biosciences and Beyond will be interesting for students of sociology, science & technology studies, history of science, genetics, political science, and public administration.
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
248 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781136748271
Related ISBNs:
9780203564370, 9780367867867, 9780415821346
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Stephen Hilgartner, Clark A. Miller and Rob Hagendijk
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Stephen Hilgartner
Edited by:
Clark Miller
Edited by:
Rob Hagendijk

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