Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States

by Sheila Jasanoff

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691118116
• ISBN13: 9780691118116
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"