Bioeconomies: Life, Technology, And Capital In The 21st Century
by Vincenzo Pavone /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.