{"product_id":"emerging-technologies-9780774815499","title":"Emerging Technologies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important contribution for scholars interested in the philosophy of science, science studies, and policy\/decision-making processes around new technologies. - Toby A. Ten Eyck, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Making Sense of Emerging Technologies \/ \u003cem\u003eEdnaF. Einsiedel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Hindsight Learnings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1  GM Foods in Hindsight \/ \u003cem\u003eWilliamHallman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2  Patentable Subject Matter: Who Owns What Knowledge?\/ \u003cem\u003eChika B. Onwuekwe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3  Patents in the Public Sphere: Public Perceptions andBiotechnology Patents \/ \u003cem\u003eEdna F. Einsiedel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Foresight Applications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Transgenic) Animal Farm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4  Of Biotechnology and Blind Chickens \/ \u003cem\u003ePaul B.Thompson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5  Transgenic Salmon: Regulatory Oversight of an AnticipatedTechnology \/ \u003cem\u003eEmily Marden, Holly Longstaff, and EdLevy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFields of Pharmas: Plant Molecular Farming\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6  The Emerging Technology of Plant Molecular Farming\/ \u003cem\u003eMichele Veeman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7  Policy and Regulatory Challenges for Plant-MadePharmaceuticals in the United States \/ \u003cem\u003ePatrick A.Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8  Forestalling Liabilities? Stakeholder Participation andRegulatory Development \/ \u003cem\u003eStuart Smyth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Stem Cell Fields\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9  When Human Dignity Is Not Enough: Embryonic Stem CellResearch and Human Cloning in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eTania Bubela andTimothy Caulfield\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrugs -- Up Close and Personal: EngagingPharmacogenomics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10  Banking on Trust: Issues of Informed Consent inPharmacogenetic Research \/ \u003cem\u003eRose Geransar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11  Pharmacogenomic Promises: Reflections on Semantics,Genohype, and Global Justice \/\u003cem\u003e Bryn Williams-Jones and VuralOzdemir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12  Envisioning Race and Medicine: BiDil and the InsufficientMatch between Social Groups and Genotypes \/ \u003cem\u003eBenjamin R.Bates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs Small Really Beautiful? Does Size Matter?Nanotechnologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13  Nanotechnology and Human Imagination \/\u003cem\u003e SusannaHornig Priest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14  Nanotechnology: The Policy Challenges \/ \u003cem\u003eLorraineSheremeta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Governance Challenges and EmergingTechnologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15  Technology, Democracy, and Ethics: Democratic Deficit andthe Ethics of Public Engagement \/ \u003cem\u003eMichael Burgess and JamesTansey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16  Impact Assessments and Emerging Technologies: FromPrecaution to \"Smart Regulation\"? \/ \u003cem\u003eJacopoTorriti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17  Technology Ownership and Governance: An Alternative View ofIPRs \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter W.B. Phillips\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18  Conclusion: Reflections on Emerging Technologies\/ \u003cem\u003eEdna F. Einsiedel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404917842263,"sku":"9780774815499","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774815499.jpg?v=1730488048","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emerging-technologies-9780774815499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}