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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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11-18 of 18 results in Genetics and Society

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Human Cloning in the Media

    From Science Fiction to Science Practice

    By Joan Haran, Jenny Kitzinger, Maureen McNeil, Kate O'Riordan

    Series: Genetics and Society

    This book examines the making of human cloning as an imaginary practice and scientific fact. It explores the controversies surrounding both ‘therapeutic cloning’ for stem cell research and ‘reproductive’ cloning. The authors analyse the cultural production of cloning, how practices and...

    Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge

  5. Growth Cultures

    The Global Bioeconomy and its Bioregions

    By Philip Cooke

    Series: Genetics and Society

    This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical...

    Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge

  6. New Genetics, New Identities

    Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Helen Greenslade

    Series: Genetics and Society

    What implications are applications of new genetic technologies in biomedicine having on social identity in today’s society? New Genetics, New Identities, a wide-ranging multi-disciplinary volume in the CESAGen Genetics & Society Book series, presents not only theoretical reflection but also...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge

  7. New Genetics, New Social Formations

    Edited by Peter Glasner, Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade

    Series: Genetics and Society

    New genetic technologies cut across a range of public regulatory domains and private lifeworlds, often appearing to generate an institutional void in response to the complex challenges they pose. As a result, a number of new social formations are being developed to legitimate public engagement and...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge

  8. Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology

    Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting

    By Joseph Murphy, Les Levidow

    Series: Genetics and Society

    Delays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies. The transatlantic conflict over GM crops...

    Published August 30th 2006 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. The Handbook of Genetics & Society: Mapping the New Genomic Era
    Edited by Paul Atkinson, Peter Glasner, Margaret Lock
    To Be Published July 24th 2012
  2. Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer, and Jewish Identity
    By Jessica Mozersky
    To Be Published August 19th 2012
  3. The Scientific, Clinical and Commercial Development of the Stem Cell: From Radiobiology to Regenerative Medicine
    By Alison Kraft
    To Be Published December 30th 2012
  4. The Gene, the Clinic, and the Family: Medicine Dominance in the 21st century
    By Joanna Latimer
    To Be Published January 29th 2013
  5. Barcoding Nature: Shifting Taxonomic Practices in an Age of Biodiversity Loss
    By Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis, Brian Wynne
    To Be Published January 30th 2013
  6. Controlling Pharmaceutical Risks: Science, Cancer, and the Geneticization of Drug Testing
    By John Abraham, Rachel Ballinger
    To Be Published March 29th 2013
  7. Negotiating Bioethics: The Governance of UNESCO’s Bioethics Programme
    By Adèle Langlois
    To Be Published March 30th 2013

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