Genomic politics : how the revolution in genomic science is shaping American society / Jennifer Hochschild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociogenomics--United States.

Sociogenomics.

Genomics--Social aspects.

Genomics.

Genetics--Social aspects.

Genetics.

Genetics--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In More Science, Less Fear?, Jennifer Hochschild shows how the fraught politics of genomics is unfolding in American life. She focuses on genetically modified medicines that target African Americans, DNA evidence in the criminal justice system, the ancestry craze, and genetic tests in prenatal exams. She finds that contending camps differ in how they answer two questions: How significant are genetic factors in explaining human traits and behaviors? And, what is the right balance between risk acceptance and risk avoidance? Hochschild develops solutions that can reduce the ideological heat and more closely align the use of genomics with democracy.

Contents:

Introduction: "There be monsters"?

The basic framework: nature and nurture, risks and gains

Disputes over genomic science are not partisan

Enthusiasm and skepticism

Hope and rejection

Locating experts in the basic framework

Locating the public in the basic framework

Who should govern?

Governing genomics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-755076-2

0-19-755075-4

OCLC:

1261365622