Bioeconomies : life technology and capital in the 21st century This book explores the promissory discourses and practices associated with the bioeconomy focusing especially on the transformation of institutions; the creation appropriation and distribution of value; the struggle over resources power and meaning; and the role of altruism kinship and care practices. Governments and science enthusiasts worldwide are embracing the bioeconomy championing it as the key to health wealth and sustainability while citing it as justification to transform research and regulatory institutions health and agricultural practices ethics of privacy and ownership and conceptions of self and kin. Drawing together studies from Asia Australia the Americas and Europe this volume encompasses subjects as diverse as regenerative medicine population health research agricultural finance biobanking assisted reproduction immigration breastfeeding self help groups GM fish and mining sewage.