LEADER 04126nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910783750803321 005 20231206220430.0 010 $a0-7748-5153-8 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774851534 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246698 035 $a(OCoLC)180772856 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10108820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195736 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234163 035 $a(PQKB)11342314 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404053 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521146 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10113899 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/2k81hs 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412059 035 $a(DE-B1597)662030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774851534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242660 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246698 100 $a20041108d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBiotechnology unglued$b[electronic resource] $escience, society and social cohesion /$fedited by Michael D. Mehta 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-1133-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: The Impact of Innovations in Biotechnology on Social Cohesion -- $tThe Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology on Social Cohesion -- $tAgricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Issues of Poverty Alleviation, Food Security, and Sustainable Development -- $tLegitimation Crisis: Food Safety and Genetically Modified Organisms -- $tGenetically Modified Foods in Norway: A Consumer Perspective -- $tCommercializing Iceland: Biotechnology, Culture, and the Information Society -- $tBiotechnology and Social Control: The Canadian DNA Data Bank -- $tBiotechnology as Modern Museums of Civilization -- $tThe Production, Diffusion, and Use of Knowledge in Biotechnology: The Discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aProponents of biotechnology claim that its advances will create a better world -- one free of malnutrition and hunger, where better medical treatments will be available through gene discovery, and where more efficient policing will be possible with improved forensic techniques. While some biotechnological innovations do provide significant benefits to individual users, their impact on society is often poorly understood. Will these new technologies unravel, or perhaps realign, the social fabric as we know it? Biotechnology Unglued explores this question in a well-considered investigation of the effects of technology on social cohesion. The essays present case studies of how various applications in agricultural, medical, and forensic biotechnology have affected the cohesiveness of agricultural communities, citizens, consumer groups, scientific communities, and society in general. The contributors, from a range of backgrounds, demonstrate how particular kinds of technology-society and technology-corporate configurations affect social cohesion by creating cultures of surveillance, competition, social exclusion, and control. The two faces of biotechnology are revealed throughout to show the promises and perils associated with a range of innovations. The book's reasoned commentary and engaging style will appeal to anyone interested in the social dimensions of biotechnology. 606 $aBiotechnology$xSocial aspects 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBiotechnology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aMehta$b Michael, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$01506369 701 $aMehta$b Michael D.$f1965-$01506370 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783750803321 996 $aBiotechnology unglued$93736583 997 $aUNINA