Governing Molecules: The Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and the United States

by Herbert Gottweis

Scientists, investors, policymakers, the media, and the general public have all displayed a continuing interest in the commercial promise and potential dangers of genetic engineering. In this book, Herbert Gottweis explains how genetic engineering became so controversial--a technology that some seek to promote by any means and others want to block entirely. Beginning with a clear exposition of poststructuralist theory and its implications for research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071894
• ISBN13: 9780262071895
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher