Animals as biotechnology / Richard Twine

Public ISBD Titre : Animals as biotechnology : ethics, sustainability, and critical animal studies Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Richard Twine, Auteur Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan Année de publication : 2010 Collection : Science in society Importance : VI +222 p. Présentation : ill.; couv. ill. en coul. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84407-830-1 Note générale : Notes bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Animaux -- Biotechnologie -- Aspect moral ; Animaux -- Élevage -- Morale ; Animaux -- Protection ; Animaux -- Protection -- Morale ; Animaux domestiques -- Élevage ; Expérimentation animale -- Morale ; Génie génétique animal -- Aspect moral ; Relations homme-animal -- Aspect moral Index. décimale : 616.027 Résumé : In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies - mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to question the nature of our relations with other animals. The first part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability, limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm. Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our consumption of meat/dairy products in the face of climate change threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions between humans, animals and nature Note de contenu : Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION. From the Sciences of Meat to Critical Animal Studies -- Sociology and Animal Studies -- Political Engagement? Burawoy's Sociology and Critical Animal Studies -- Concepts for Critical Animal Studies: Intersectionality and Posthumanism -- Animals as Biotechnology -- PART I. THE ANIMAL AND THE ETHICAL: Ch. 1. Undomesticating the Ethical: Whose 'Progress'? -- Multiple Ethics for 'Animals' -- Bioethics and Nonhuman Animals -- Ch. 2. Towards a Critical Bioethics: Bioethics and Interdisciplinarity: Contesting the 'Bio' in Bioethics -- The Question of Complicity -- Ch. 3. Thinking Across Species in the Ethics of 'Enhancement' -- Opening up Animal (Bio)Ethics -- Smart Mice, Schwarzenegger Mice and Fearless Mice -- The Ethical Bypass and the Argument from Precedent -- Is There a Slippery Slope Between Animal and Human 'Enhancement'? -- Towards the Convergence of Medicine and Agriculture? -- PART II. CAPITALIZING ON ANIMALS: Ch. 4. Animal Biotechnology and Regulation -- Regulation and Advocacy -- Historical Context -- Transatlantic Developments in Genomics, GM and Cloning -- Ch. 5. Biopower and the Biotechnological Framing of the Animal Body: Farmed Animals and Biopower -- Biotechnology and Animal Bodies: Metaphor No More? -- Ch. 6 Capitalizing on the Molecular Animal: Beyond Limits? -- A New Species of Capitalization? -- The Knowledge Economy as Enabling Master Narrative -- Livestock Genetics Companies and the Molecular Turn -- PART III. CAPTURING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GENOME: Ch. 7. Mobilizing the Promise of Sustainability -- Biotechnologies as 'Promising' Practices -- Reinventing Animal Breeding: The Molecularization of Sustainability: Global Animal Consumption and Human Health -- Global Animal Consumption and Climate Change -- Ch. 8. Searching for the 'Win-Win'? Animal Genomics and 'Welfare': Genetic Selection, Unintended Consequences and Welfare -- 'Welfare as Health' and the Idea of the Win-Win -- Genomics and Animal Welfare -- CONCLUSION: From the 'Livestock' 'Revolution' to a Revolution in Human-Animal Relations: Beyond the Livestock Revolution -- Reducing Meat and Dairy Consumption -- Beyond Efficiency -- Notes -- References -- List of Abbreviations -- Index Animals as biotechnology : ethics, sustainability, and critical animal studies [texte imprimé] / Richard Twine, Auteur . - Londres (Royaume-Uni) : Earthscan, 2010 . - VI +222 p. : ill.; couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm. - (Science in society) . ISBN : 978-1-84407-830-1 Notes bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Animaux -- Biotechnologie -- Aspect moral ; Animaux -- Élevage -- Morale ; Animaux -- Protection ; Animaux -- Protection -- Morale ; Animaux domestiques -- Élevage ; Expérimentation animale -- Morale ; Génie génétique animal -- Aspect moral ; Relations homme-animal -- Aspect moral Index. décimale : 616.027 Résumé : In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by the emergence of two contradictory trends within our approach to nonhuman animals: the biotechnological turn in animal sciences, which aims to increase the efficiency and profitability of meat and dairy production; and the emerging field of critical animal studies - mostly in the humanities and social sciences - which works to question the nature of our relations with other animals. The first part of the book focuses on ethics, examining critically the dominant paradigms of bioethics and power relations between human and non-human. The second part considers animal biotechnology and political economy, examining commercialisation and regulation. The final part of the book centres on discussions of sustainability, limits and an examination of the prospects for animal ethics if biotechnology becomes part of the dominant agricultural paradigm. Twine concludes by considering whether growing calls to reduce our consumption of meat/dairy products in the face of climate change threats are in fact complicit with an anthropocentric understanding of sustainability and that what is needed is a more fundamental ethical and political questioning of relations and distinctions between humans, animals and nature Note de contenu : Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION. From the Sciences of Meat to Critical Animal Studies -- Sociology and Animal Studies -- Political Engagement? Burawoy's Sociology and Critical Animal Studies -- Concepts for Critical Animal Studies: Intersectionality and Posthumanism -- Animals as Biotechnology -- PART I. THE ANIMAL AND THE ETHICAL: Ch. 1. Undomesticating the Ethical: Whose 'Progress'? -- Multiple Ethics for 'Animals' -- Bioethics and Nonhuman Animals -- Ch. 2. Towards a Critical Bioethics: Bioethics and Interdisciplinarity: Contesting the 'Bio' in Bioethics -- The Question of Complicity -- Ch. 3. Thinking Across Species in the Ethics of 'Enhancement' -- Opening up Animal (Bio)Ethics -- Smart Mice, Schwarzenegger Mice and Fearless Mice -- The Ethical Bypass and the Argument from Precedent -- Is There a Slippery Slope Between Animal and Human 'Enhancement'? -- Towards the Convergence of Medicine and Agriculture? -- PART II. CAPITALIZING ON ANIMALS: Ch. 4. Animal Biotechnology and Regulation -- Regulation and Advocacy -- Historical Context -- Transatlantic Developments in Genomics, GM and Cloning -- Ch. 5. Biopower and the Biotechnological Framing of the Animal Body: Farmed Animals and Biopower -- Biotechnology and Animal Bodies: Metaphor No More? -- Ch. 6 Capitalizing on the Molecular Animal: Beyond Limits? -- A New Species of Capitalization? -- The Knowledge Economy as Enabling Master Narrative -- Livestock Genetics Companies and the Molecular Turn -- PART III. CAPTURING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GENOME: Ch. 7. Mobilizing the Promise of Sustainability -- Biotechnologies as 'Promising' Practices -- Reinventing Animal Breeding: The Molecularization of Sustainability: Global Animal Consumption and Human Health -- Global Animal Consumption and Climate Change -- Ch. 8. Searching for the 'Win-Win'? Animal Genomics and 'Welfare': Genetic Selection, Unintended Consequences and Welfare -- 'Welfare as Health' and the Idea of the Win-Win -- Genomics and Animal Welfare -- CONCLUSION: From the 'Livestock' 'Revolution' to a Revolution in Human-Animal Relations: Beyond the Livestock Revolution -- Reducing Meat and Dairy Consumption -- Beyond Efficiency -- Notes -- References -- List of Abbreviations -- Index

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Epidemics

Public ISBD Titre : Epidemics : science, governance and social justice Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Sarah Dry (1974-....), Editeur scientifique ; Melissa Leach, Editeur scientifique Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan Année de publication : 2010 Collection : Pathways to sustainability Importance : 299 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84971-102-9 Note générale : Bibliogr. p. [257]-283. Index Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : Épidémies ; Épidémies -- Aspect politique ; Épidémies -- Aspect social Index. décimale : 614.4 Incidence des maladies et mesures de prévention Résumé : Amid the epidemic of books on epidemics in recent years, analyses that step back and critically assess how such events are socially constructed have been scarce on the ground. This book provides readers with an intellectually fresh take on contemporary global health policy. -- Kelley Lee, Head, Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Through a series of case studies, this book explores responses mounted against selected diseases in different parts of the world, and, most importantly, the "actors and mindsets" underlying the chosen responses ... a valuable addition to the library of all those concerned with the effects and effectiveness of measures to protect global health. -- Joachim Otte, Coordinator Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN. [A] comprehensive book on a wide range of, mainly infectious disease, epidemic situations around the world ... a sobering read for anyone who has to take action in the face of the threat from an epidemic. -- Dr Jimmy Whitworth, Head of International Activities, The Wellcome Trust. Offering a theoretically sophisticated and practically useful set of reflections about the epidemics of our times, and the epidemic of social signification that these are set in, this book will be of interest to a very broad readership spanning students of science and technology, sociologists of medicine and anthropologists, and, one hopes, epidemiologists and policy makers, as well as the wider public interested in the relationships between science, politics and social justice. -- Wenzel Geissler, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers have focused policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so-called 'emerging infectious diseases'. Understanding and responding to these often unpredictable events have become major challenges. This book takes a unique approach by focusing on how different policy makers, scientists and local populations construct alternative narratives ù accounts of the causes and appropriate responses to outbreaks ù about epidemics at the global, national and local level. Case studies on avian influenza, SARS, obesity, H1N1 influenza, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and haemorrhagic fevers cover a broad historical, geographical and biological range. Sarah Dry is a Research Officer at the STEPS Centre. She received her PhD in history of science from the University of Cambridge in 2006. Melissa Leach is the main Director of the STEPS Centre, Sussex and a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex -- Book Jacket Epidemics : science, governance and social justice [texte imprimé] / Sarah Dry (1974-....), Editeur scientifique ; Melissa Leach, Editeur scientifique . - Londres (Royaume-Uni) : Earthscan, 2010 . - 299 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm. - (Pathways to sustainability) . ISBN : 978-1-84971-102-9 Bibliogr. p. [257]-283. Index Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : Épidémies ; Épidémies -- Aspect politique ; Épidémies -- Aspect social Index. décimale : 614.4 Incidence des maladies et mesures de prévention Résumé : Amid the epidemic of books on epidemics in recent years, analyses that step back and critically assess how such events are socially constructed have been scarce on the ground. This book provides readers with an intellectually fresh take on contemporary global health policy. -- Kelley Lee, Head, Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Through a series of case studies, this book explores responses mounted against selected diseases in different parts of the world, and, most importantly, the "actors and mindsets" underlying the chosen responses ... a valuable addition to the library of all those concerned with the effects and effectiveness of measures to protect global health. -- Joachim Otte, Coordinator Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN. [A] comprehensive book on a wide range of, mainly infectious disease, epidemic situations around the world ... a sobering read for anyone who has to take action in the face of the threat from an epidemic. -- Dr Jimmy Whitworth, Head of International Activities, The Wellcome Trust. Offering a theoretically sophisticated and practically useful set of reflections about the epidemics of our times, and the epidemic of social signification that these are set in, this book will be of interest to a very broad readership spanning students of science and technology, sociologists of medicine and anthropologists, and, one hopes, epidemiologists and policy makers, as well as the wider public interested in the relationships between science, politics and social justice. -- Wenzel Geissler, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Recent disease events such as SARS, H1N1 and avian influenza, and haemorrhagic fevers have focused policy and public concern as never before on epidemics and so-called 'emerging infectious diseases'. Understanding and responding to these often unpredictable events have become major challenges. This book takes a unique approach by focusing on how different policy makers, scientists and local populations construct alternative narratives ù accounts of the causes and appropriate responses to outbreaks ù about epidemics at the global, national and local level. Case studies on avian influenza, SARS, obesity, H1N1 influenza, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and haemorrhagic fevers cover a broad historical, geographical and biological range. Sarah Dry is a Research Officer at the STEPS Centre. She received her PhD in history of science from the University of Cambridge in 2006. Melissa Leach is the main Director of the STEPS Centre, Sussex and a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex -- Book Jacket

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A handbook of tropical soil biology

Public ISBD Titre : A handbook of tropical soil biology : sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Fatima M. S. Moreira, Editeur scientifique ; E. Jeroen Huising, Editeur scientifique ; David Edward Bignell, Editeur scientifique Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan Année de publication : 2008 Importance : XXVI-218 p.-[8] p. de pl. Présentation : ill. Format : 25 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84407-621-5 Note générale : Notes bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Biodiversité du sol ; Invertébrés des sols -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Biologie ; Sols -- Biologie -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Échantillonnage -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Microbiologie Index. décimale : 631.46 Résumé : Describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria. This book also contains extensive advice on the handling of specimens and the allocation of organisms to strain or functional group type Note de contenu : 1. The inventory of soil biological diversity : concepts and general guidelines -- 2. Sampling strategy and design to evaluate below-ground biodiversity -- 3. Macrofauna -- 4. Soil collembola, acari and other mesofauna : the Berlese method -- 5. Soil nematodes -- 6. Nitrogen-fixing leguminosae-nodulating bacteria -- 7. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) -- 8. Saprophytic and plant pathogenic soil fungi -- 9. Sampling, conserving and identifying fruit flies -- 10. Entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes -- 11. Description and classification of land use at sampling locations for the inventory of below-ground biodiversity A handbook of tropical soil biology : sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity [texte imprimé] / Fatima M. S. Moreira, Editeur scientifique ; E. Jeroen Huising, Editeur scientifique ; David Edward Bignell, Editeur scientifique . - Londres (Royaume-Uni) : Earthscan, 2008 . - XXVI-218 p.-[8] p. de pl. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN : 978-1-84407-621-5 Notes bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Biodiversité du sol ; Invertébrés des sols -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Biologie ; Sols -- Biologie -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Échantillonnage -- Régions tropicales ; Sols -- Microbiologie Index. décimale : 631.46 Résumé : Describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria. This book also contains extensive advice on the handling of specimens and the allocation of organisms to strain or functional group type Note de contenu : 1. The inventory of soil biological diversity : concepts and general guidelines -- 2. Sampling strategy and design to evaluate below-ground biodiversity -- 3. Macrofauna -- 4. Soil collembola, acari and other mesofauna : the Berlese method -- 5. Soil nematodes -- 6. Nitrogen-fixing leguminosae-nodulating bacteria -- 7. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) -- 8. Saprophytic and plant pathogenic soil fungi -- 9. Sampling, conserving and identifying fruit flies -- 10. Entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes -- 11. Description and classification of land use at sampling locations for the inventory of below-ground biodiversity

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The limits to scarcity

Public ISBD Titre : The limits to scarcity : contesting the politics of allocation Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Lyla Mehta (1967-....), Editeur scientifique ; Science and society programme, Editeur scientifique Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan Année de publication : c2010 Collection : Science in society series Importance : 1 vol. (XXVI-270 p.) Présentation : ill. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84407-457-0 Note générale : Textes présentés à la conférence "Scarcity and the politics of allocation" en juin 2005, Institute of development studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, Royaume-Uni, organisée par "Science and society programme", Economic and social research council, GB Notes bibliogr. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Allocation des ressources ; Économie du bien-être ; Rareté (Économie politique) Index. décimale : 338.5'21 The limits to scarcity : contesting the politics of allocation [texte imprimé] / Lyla Mehta (1967-....), Editeur scientifique ; Science and society programme, Editeur scientifique . - Londres (Royaume-Uni) : Earthscan, c2010 . - 1 vol. (XXVI-270 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Science in society series) . ISBN : 978-1-84407-457-0 Textes présentés à la conférence "Scarcity and the politics of allocation" en juin 2005, Institute of development studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, Royaume-Uni, organisée par "Science and society programme", Economic and social research council, GB Notes bibliogr. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Allocation des ressources ; Économie du bien-être ; Rareté (Économie politique) Index. décimale : 338.5'21

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Urban health in developing countries

Public ISBD Titre : Urban health in developing countries : progress and prospects Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Trudy Harpham, Editeur scientifique ; Marcel Tanner, Editeur scientifique Editeur : Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Earthscan Année de publication : 1995 Importance : XIV-228 p. Présentation : ill., couv. ill. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-85383-285-7 Note générale : Bibliogr. à la fin de chaque chap. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Santé en milieu urbain -- Pays en voie de développement Index. décimale : 362.109 1724 Urban health in developing countries : progress and prospects [texte imprimé] / Trudy Harpham, Editeur scientifique ; Marcel Tanner, Editeur scientifique . - Londres (Royaume-Uni) : Earthscan, 1995 . - XIV-228 p. : ill., couv. ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-1-85383-285-7 Bibliogr. à la fin de chaque chap. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Santé en milieu urbain -- Pays en voie de développement Index. décimale : 362.109 1724

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