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Nature Environmental Conservation & Protection

Biotechnology Unglued

Science, Society, and Social Cohesion

by (author) Michael Mehta

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2007
Category
Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774851534
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774811347
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774811330
    Publish Date
    Mar 2005
    List Price
    $95.00

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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.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Michael Mehta is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology of Biotechnology Program at the University of Saskatchewan.