Original and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a
neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution. Looking at the …

The notion of a 'genetic commons' is a broad-based, multi-faceted response to a particular
constellation of technological, cultural, economic, political, ethical, and legal developments …

The concept of responsibilization that originally emerged out of the context of the so-called
Governmentality Studies is now widely used in various social sciences to describe a …

This critical examination of theories of reflexive modernity with respect to the new human
genetics draws on a range of empirical studies and conceptual critiques. In it we explore the …

This volume maps the areas of ethical concern in the debate regarding the governance of
genetic information, and suggests alternative ethical frameworks and models of regulation in …

Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has
sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced …

Where feminist critiques of bioscience have uncovered a whole set of operations that range
round the Foucauldian notions of biopower and normativity, and have explored genetic …

Recent findings in epigenetics have been attracting much attention from social scientists and
bioethicists because they reveal the molecular mechanisms by which exposure to …

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 …

New agro-biotechnologies promise bounty from fine-tuned molecular manipulation of food
crops. They already provide profits and export opportunities to a few transnational …