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Designs on Nature

Designs on Nature

Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States

Sheila Jasanoff

344 pages, parution le 29/08/2005

Résumé

Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity.

In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, Sheila Jasanoff compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole. She shows how public and private actors in each setting evaluated new manifestations of biotechnology and tried to reassure themselves about their safety.

Three main themes emerge. First, core concepts of democratic theory, such as citizenship, deliberation, and accountability, cannot be understood satisfactorily without taking on board the politics of science and technology. Second, in all three countries, policies for the life sciences have been incorporated into "nation-building" projects that seek to reimagine what the nation stands for. Third, political culture influences democratic politics, and it works through the institutionalized ways in which citizens understand and evaluate public knowledge. These three aspects of contemporary politics, Jasanoff argues, help account not only for policy divergences but also for the perceived legitimacy of state actions.

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Trained in law at Harvard Law School, she is the author of many books on the role of science and technology in the politics of modern democratic societies, including Science at the Bar, The Fifth Branch, and Risk Management and Political Culture.

L'auteur - Sheila Jasanoff

Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Trained in law at Harvard Law School, she is the author of many books on the role of science and technology in the politics of modern democratic societies, including Science at the Bar, The Fifth Branch, and Risk Management and Political Culture.

Sommaire

  • Chapter 1: Why Compare?
  • Chapter 2: Controlling Narratives
  • Chapter 3: A Question of Europe
  • Chapter 4: Unsettled Settlements
  • Chapter 5: Food for Thought
  • Chapter 6: Natural Mothers and Other Kinds
  • Chapter 7: Ethical Sense and Sensibility
  • Chapter 8: Making Something of Life
  • Chapter 9: The New Social Contract
  • Chapter 10: Civic Epistemology
  • Chapter 11: Republics of Science
  • Appendix: Chronology
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Éditeur(s) Princeton University Press
Auteur(s) Sheila Jasanoff
Parution 29/08/2005
Nb. de pages 344
Format 16 x 24
Couverture Relié
Poids 674g
Intérieur Noir et Blanc
EAN13 9780691118116
ISBN13 978-0-691-11811-6

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