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category: Nature
published: Jan 2006
ISBN:9780774811347
publisher: UBC Press

Biotechnology Unglued

Science, Society, and Social Cohesion

by Michael Mehta

tagged: environmental conservation & protection
Description

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

Michael Mehta

Contributor Notes

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

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