1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462233103321

Autore

Doern G.Bruce

Titolo

Three Bio-Realms : Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada / / G.Bruce Doern, Michael J. Prince

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]

©2012

ISBN

1-4426-9484-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy

Altri autori (Persone)

PrinceMichael J

Disciplina

338.4/766060971

Soggetti

Biotechnology - Government policy - Canada - History

Biotechnology - Government policy - Canada

Biotechnology - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Three Realms of Biotechnology -- PART ONE. Analytical Framework and Historical Policy Context -- 1. The Canadian State, Networked Democracy, and Science-Based Governance -- 2. National and International Biotechnology Policy in Liberal and Conservative Government Eras -- PART TWO. Empirical Analysis of the Changing Biotech Governance Regime -- 3. Science and Supportive Governance -- 4. The Bio-Food Realm: Business- Dominated Pluralistic Power -- 5. The Bio-Health Realm: Networked Power and Governance -- 6. The Bio-Life Realm: Playing Catchup with Self-Disciplined Power Relations -- 7. Power, Changing Biotech Governance, and Extending Democracy -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importance of biotechnology in shaping relations between the state, science, the economy, and the citizenry, a book that explores the Canadian biotechnology regime and its place in our democracy is



timelier than ever.Three Bio-Realms provides the first integrated examination of the thirty-year story of the democratic governance of biotechnology in Canada. G. Bruce Doern and Michael J. Prince, two recognized specialists in governance innovation and social policy, look at particular 'network-based' factors that seek to promote and to regulate biotechnology inside the state as well as at broader levels. Unmatched by any other book in its historical scope and range, Three Bio-Realms is sure to be read for years to come.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796685803321

Autore

Cananus Joannes <active 15th century.>

Titolo

Ioannis Canani de Constantinopolitana obsidione relatio : a critical edition, with english translation, introduction, and notes of John Kananos' account of the Siege of Constantinople in 1422 / / edited by Andreas Massimo Cuomo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5015-0290-5

1-5015-0288-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Byzantinisches Archiv, , 1864-9785 ; ; Band 30

Disciplina

949.5040924

Soggetti

Military art and science

Istanbul (Turkey) History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Works cited in abbreviation -- 1. Introduction -- 2.1 The Manuscripts -- 2.2 Ratio Edendi. The present edition -- 2.3 Punctuation -- 2.4 Apparatus -- 2.5 The language of Kananos: An overview -- Critical edition and English translation -- Thesaurus -- Plates

Sommario/riassunto

This volume fills the need for a new critical edition and linguistic study of John Kananos' account of the siege of Constantinople in 1422. New research on the manuscripts has produced a new stemma codicum and



shown that the oldest witness of this narrative, Vat. gr. 579 (ff. 355r - 364v), was written in Constantinople and belonged to the prolific scribe Phlamules Kontostephanos, who also provided the copy with a title in which the name of John Kananos is mentioned for the first time. The philological approach adopted here explains contradictions among the manuscripts and Kananos' peculiar vernacularisms and reveals a surprisingly realistic and elaborate Greek. The accompanying English translation, a chapter on the language of Kananos, and a complete thesaurus make this volume a valuable contribution to the study of late Byzantine literature.