{"product_id":"science-and-citizens-globalization-and-the-challenge-of-engagement-9781842775516","title":"Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Melissa Leach\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences - such as biotechnologies in health, agricultural and environmental arenas - pose a range of pressing challenges to questions of citizenship. This volume brings together for the first time authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalisation. It reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and democracy. A wide variety of pressing issues is explored, such as medical genetics, agricultural biotechnology, occupational health and HIV\/AIDS. Drawing upon rich case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, Science and Citizens asks: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Do new perspectives on science, expertise and citizenship emerge from comparing cases across different issues and settings?\u003cbr\u003e- What difference does globalisation make?\u003cbr\u003e- What does this tell us about approaches to risk, regulation and public participation?\u003cbr\u003e- How might the notion of 'cognitive justice' help to further debate and practice?","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086211244183,"sku":"9781842775516","price":4603.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781842775516.webp?v=1767265826","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/science-and-citizens-globalization-and-the-challenge-of-engagement-9781842775516","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}