The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction - Brossura

Mulkay, Michael

 
9780521576833: The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction
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ISBN 10: 0521576830 ISBN 13: 9780521576833
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Sinossi

Highly accessible cultural account of the debates concerning human embryo research.

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Recensione

'No parliamentary transcript or newspaper article has gone unread in Mulkay's definitive study of the politics of embryo research in Britain. The upshot of this narrative appears to be that the resolution of this public science controversy testifies to the wisdom of parliamentary democracy - but as in any Mulkay tale, appearances may be deceptive!' Steve Fuller, University of Durham

'In this brilliant and lucid book, Mulkay achieves the ultimate goal of science and technology studies: he gives us engaged yet dispassionate account of a multifaceted biomedical controversy.' Ruth Schwartz Cowan, State University of New York, Stony Brook

'As a major contribution to an understanding of embryo research, and to the complexities of parliamentary decision making more broadly, this book is highly impressive. For anyone concerned with developments in research on human embryos and reproductive techniques, it will be an essential read.' Christine Hine, Brunel University

'It is a scholarly contribution I expect will be of long-lasting value that Mulkay has compiled so rich a description of the ins and outs, the dates and the debates, the players and the positions in this singular moral controversy ... Mulkay's account is exemplary of the best ... Detailed, perceptive and thorough, it is a valuable portrait of an unusual public debate in Britain.' Sarah Franklin, Public Understanding of Science

Descrizione del libro

A highly accessible account of the debates concerning human embryo research, tracing the origins of the controversy to debates in the 1960s about abortion and moral reform and examining reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human embryos for research.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521576830
ISBN 13 
9780521576833
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
228
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Avery
https://www.avery.fr/

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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780521571807: The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521571804 ISBN 13:  9780521571807
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1997
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