Encoding Capital: The Political Economy of the Human Genome Project - Tapa blanda

Libro 13 de 20: New Political Economy

Loeppky, Rodney

 
9780415647465: Encoding Capital: The Political Economy of the Human Genome Project
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ISBN 10: 0415647460 ISBN 13: 9780415647465
Editorial: Routledge, 2012

Sinopsis

This book deals with the rapid changes in contemporary molecular biology, particularly genome sciences, and the manner in which they can be understood through the lens of political economy. Specifically, the work investigates the case of the United States-led Genome Project (HGP), in order to show that even large-scale basic science is closely bound up in the progression of capitalist social relations. The work has, in part, been motivated by the lack of rigorous analysis of the HGP. Most the existing literature tends to present either a chronological review of events surrounding the HGP or describe it thematically. In contrast, this book contributes to a needed discussion concerning the ’why and how’ of the HGP emergence. It elucidates the features within capitalist social relations which have simultaneously enable the HGP and ensure its amenability to systemic demands. The work’s most compelling elements are both historical and analytical. Historically, it places the HGP within the context of wider political, economic and social issues. Related to this, it puts forward an analytical, explanatory understanding of the project’s emergence, making it a valuable tool for both political economists, science & society theorists, and even bioethicists.

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Rodney Loeppky

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415647460
ISBN 13 
9780415647465
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
256
Contacto del fabricante
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Alemania

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9780415972314: Encoding Capital: The Political Economy of the Human Genome Project

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ISBN 10:  0415972310 ISBN 13:  9780415972314
Editorial: Routledge, 2004
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