Science and democracy : making knowledge and making power in the biosciences and beyond / edited by Stephen Hilgartner, Clark A. Miller and Rob Hagendijk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hilgartner, Stephen, editor.

Miller, Clark, editor.

Hagendijk, Rob, editor.

Series:

Genetics and society (Series)

Genetics and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Political aspects.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Democracy and science.

Physical Description:

xvi, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Summary:

"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, at times empowering and at times disempowering citizens. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding this phenomenon 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. 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. It will be interesting for students of sociology, science and technology studies, the history of science, genetics, political science and public administration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Stephen Hilgartner Hilgartner, Stephen, Clark A. Miller Miller, Clark A., Rob Hagendijk Hagendijk, Rob 1

2 Biology denatured: The public-private lives of lively things / David E. Winickoff Winickoff, David E. 15

3 Capturing the imaginary: Vanguards, visions and the synthetic biology revolution / Stephen Hilgartner Hilgartner, Stephen 33

4 Courting innovation: The constitution(s) of Indian biomedicine / Kaushik Sunder Rajan Rajan, Kaushik Sunder 56

5 Co-producing knowledge and political legitimacy: Comparing life form patent controversies in Europe and the United States / Shobita Parthasarathy Parthasarathy, Shobita 74

6 Dispute settlement and legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Adjudicating knowledge claims in the Brazil-United States cotton case / Arthur Daemmrich Daemmrich, Arthur 94

7 Co-production and democratizing global environmental expertise: The IPCC and adaptation to climate change / Silke Beck Beck, Silke, Tim Forsyth Forsyth, Tim 113

8 Governing emerging technologies? The need to think outside the (black) box / Pierre-Benott Joly Joly, Pierre-Benott 133

9 To bind or not bind? European ethics as soft law / Mariachiara Tallacchini Tallacchini, Mariachiara 156

10 Sociotechnical imaginaries of "the internet," digital health information and the making of citizen-patients / Ulrike Felt Felt, Ulrike 176

11 Knowledge and democracy: The epistemics of self-governance / Clark A. Miller Miller, Clark A. 198

12 Sense and sensibility: Science, society and politics as co-production / Rob Hagendijk Hagendijk, Rob 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415821346

0415821347

OCLC:

883749191

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