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Genetics and Society

The books in this series, all based on original research, explore the social, economic and ethical consequences of the new genetic sciences. The series is based in the Cesagen, one of the centres forming the ESRC’s Genomics Network (EGN), the largest UK investment in social-science research on the implications of these innovations. With a mix of research monographs, edited collections, textbooks and a major new handbook, the series is a valuable contribution to the social analysis of developing and emergent bio-technologies.

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  1. Genetic Testing

    Accounts of Autonomy, Responsibility and Blame

    By Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Srikant Sarangi, Angus Clarke

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Advances in molecular genetics have led to the increasing availability of genetic testing for a variety of inherited disorders. While this new knowledge presents many obvious health benefits to prospective individuals and their families it also raises complex ethical and moral dilemmas for families...

    Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge

  2. Creating Conditions

    The making and remaking of a genetic syndrome

    By Katie Featherstone, Paul Atkinson

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Based on original ethnographic research with scientists, clinicians and families, this book examines Rett syndrome to illuminate more general issues concerning the construction and interpretation of diseases and syndromes. It derives from research with a specialist team of clinicians and scientists...

    Published September 5th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Debating Human Genetics

    Contemporary Issues in Public Policy and Ethics

    By Alexandra Plows

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recent interviews and data, collated in a range of public settings, it provides a unique overview of...

    Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge

  4. Neurogenetic Diagnoses

    The Power of Hope and the Limits of Today’s Medicine

    By Carole H. Browner, H. Mabel Preloran

    Series: Genetics and Society

    As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine’s most puzzling illnesses) will increase exponentially. Neurogenetic Diagnoses, the Power of Hope, and the Limits of Today’s Medicine explores the diverse impacts and...

    Published June 3rd 2010 by Routledge

  5. GM Food on Trial

    Testing European Democracy

    By Les Levidow, Susan Carr

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Europe was told that it had no choice but to accept agbiotech, yet this imperative was turned into a test of democratic accountability for societal choices. Since the late 1990s, European public controversy has kept the agri-biotech industry and its promoters on the defensive. As some...

    Published November 3rd 2009 by Routledge

  6. Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances

    Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk

    By Aviad E. Raz

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options....

    Published August 26th 2009 by Routledge

  7. The GM Debate

    Risk, Politics and Public Engagement

    By Tom Horlick-Jones, John Walls, Gene Rowe, Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, Graham Murdock, Tim O'Riordan

    Series: Genetics and Society

    This book tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in public participation: the government-sponsored debate on the possible commercialization of ‘GM’ crops in the UK. Giving a unique and systematic account of the debate process, this revealing volume sets it within its political and...

    Published July 13th 2009 by Routledge

  8. The Handbook of Genetics & Society

    Mapping the New Genomic Era

    Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock

    Series: Genetics and Society

    An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics,...

    Published July 6th 2009 by Routledge

  9. The International Legal Governance of the Human Genome

    By Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy

    Series: Genetics and Society

    The human genome is a well known symbol of scientific and technological progress in the 21st century. However, concerns about the exacerbation of inequalities between the rich and the poor, the developing and the developed states, the healthy and the unhealthy are causing problems for the progress...

    Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge

  10. Local Cells, Global Science

    The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India

    By Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner

    Series: Genetics and Society

    One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells, and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India. Documenting the impact of local and global governance...

    Published September 28th 2008 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Community Genetics and Genetic Alliances: Eugenics, Carrier Testing, and Networks of Risk
    By Aviad E. Raz
    To Be Published March 30th 2012
  2. Local Cells, Global Science: The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India
    By Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner
    To Be Published March 30th 2012
  3. The International Legal Governance of the Human Genome
    By Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy
    To Be Published March 30th 2012
  4. Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Biotechnologies: Lessons from European, North American and Asian Experiences
    Edited by Michael Howlett, David Laycock
    To Be Published April 5th 2012
  5. Regenerating Bodies: Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century
    By Julie Kent
    To Be Published May 1st 2012
  6. Gender and Genetics: Sociology of the Prenatal
    By Kate Reed
    To Be Published May 23rd 2012
  7. The Gene, the Clinic, and the Family: Medicine Dominance in the 21st century
    By Joanna Latimer
    To Be Published August 29th 2012
  8. Negotiating Bioethics: The Governance of UNESCO’s Bioethics Programme
    By Adèle Langlois
    To Be Published August 29th 2012
  9. Controlling Pharmaceutical Risks: Science, Cancer, and the Geneticization of Drug Testing
    By John Abraham, Rachel Ballinger
    To Be Published August 29th 2012
  10. Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer, and Jewish Identity
    By Jessica Mozersky
    To Be Published August 30th 2012

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