Edging towards bioutopia
Subtitle: a new politics of reordering life & the Democratic challenge
By: Richard Hindmarsh.
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Crawley, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780980296587
Subjects: Genetic engineering -- Government policy -- Australia; Recombinant DNA -- Research -- Law and legislation -- Australia; Genetic engineering -- Political aspects -- Australia; Genetic engineering -- Law and legislation -- Australia; Genetic engineering -- Australia; Biotechnology -- Australia; Democracy and science -- Australia
Description: Interrogates one of the most important environmental conflicts in recent science and technology history: the controversy about a proposed genetically engineered futurenatural. It investigates the political technologies and regulatory manoeuvres in Australia which aim to contain and brush aside probing public debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-321) and index.