Can science and technology save China? / edited by Susan Greenhalgh and Li Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenhalgh, Susan, editor.

Zhang, Li, 1965 May-, editor.

EBSCOhost

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--China.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

China.

Technology--Social aspects--China.

Technology.

Technology--Social aspects.

Science and state--China.

Science and state.

Technology and state--China.

Technology and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 226 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Can Science and Technology Save China? assesses the intimate connections between science and society in China, offering an in-depth look at how an array of sciences and technologies are being made, how they are interfacing with society, and with what effects. Focusing on critical domains of daily life, the chapters explore how scientists, technicians, surgeons, therapists, and other experts create practical knowledges and innovations, as well as how ordinary people take them up as they pursue the good life. Editors Greenhalgh and Zhang offer a rare, up-close view of the politics of Chinese science-making, showing how everyday logics, practices, and ethics of science, medicine, and technology are profoundly reshaping contemporary China. By foregrounding the notion of "governing through science," and the contested role of science and technology as instruments of change, this timely book addresses important questions regarding what counts as science in China, what science and technology can do to transform China, as well as their limits and unintended consequences.

Contents:

Introduction : governing through science : the anthropology of science and technology in contemporary China / Susan Greenhalgh

Numbers and the assembling of a community mental health infrastructure in post-socialist China / Zhiying Ma

Embracing psychological science for the good life? / Li Zhang

Negotiating evidence and efficacy in experimental medicine / Priscilla Song

Divergent trust and dissonant truths in public health science / Katherine Mason

China's eco-dream and the making of invisibilities in rural-environmental research / Elizabeth Lord

The good scientist and the good multinational : managing the ethics of industry-funded science / Susan Greenhalgh

The black soldier fly : an indigenous innovation for waste management in Guangzhou / Amy Zhang

Unmasking a gendered materialism : air filtration, cigarettes, and domestic discord in urban China / Matthew Kohrman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Can science and technology save China?

ISBN:

9781501747045

1501747045

1501747053

9781501747052

Publisher Number:

99983320024

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.