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  • States of Solidarity

    How to Build a Society

    by Barbara Prainsack ...
    States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society makes the urgent case that solidarity is not a relic of the past but a foundational pillar for building just, democratic, and sustainable futures. While contemporary societies have invested heavily in debates about justice and institutional reform, they often overlook the social glue that binds people together in everyday life: solidarity. Without it, ... Read more

    $103.49 USD

  • The Pandemic Within

    Policy Making for a Better World

    by Hendrik Wagenaar, Barbara Prainsack ...
    COVID-19 has exposed defects in our current political–economic order: extreme wealth inequality, an ideology-driven government, a greedy corporate sector, a precarious labour force and a looming climate catastrophe.This accessible book offers a unique blend of moral imagination and social–political analysis to overcome these defects. It focuses on two characteristics of contemporary societies – ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration

    Theory and Practice across Disciplines

    by Scott Frickel, Mathieu Albert, Barbara Prainsack, Helga Nowotny, Dave McBee, Erin Leahey, Gregory J. Downey, Noah Weeth Feinstein0, Daniel Lee Kleinman1, Sigrid Peterson2, Chisato Fukuda3, Laurel Smith-Doerr4, Jennifer Croissant5, Itai Vardi6, Timothy Sacco7, Elise Paradis8, Ayelet Kuper9, Aaron Panofsky0, Ryan Light1, jimi adams2, Ali O. Ilhan3, Cyrus C.M. Mody4, Hauke Reisch5, Angela Cassidy6 ...
    Series series The American Campus
    Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Genetics as Social Practice

    Transdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture

    by Barbara Prainsack, Silke Schicktanz, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer ...
    Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic. Regulatory and ethical debates benefit from taking seriously this ’third dimension’ of culture, which often determines the configurations and limits of the space within which ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Tracing Technologies

    Prisoners' Views in the Era of CSI

    by Helena Machado, Barbara Prainsack ...
    The real heroes of television crime shows in the twenty-first century are no longer police detectives but forensic technologies. The immense popularity of high-tech crime television shows has changed the way in which crime scene work is viewed. The term 'CSI-effect' was coined to signify a situation where people's views and practices have been influenced by such media representations, e.g. judges ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society

    Edited by Sahra Gibbon, Barbara Prainsack, Stephen Hilgartner, Janelle Lamoreaux ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Handbook provides an essential resource at the interface of Genomics, Health and Society, and forms a crucial research tool for both new students and established scholars across biomedicine and social sciences. Building from and extending the first Routledge Handbook of Genetics and Society, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to pivotal themes within the field, an overview of the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond

    by Barbara Prainsack, Alena Buyx ...
    Series Book 33 - Cambridge Bioethics and Law
    In times of global economic and political crises, the notion of solidarity is gaining new currency. This book argues that a solidarity-based perspective can help us to find new ways to address pressing problems. Exemplified by three case studies from the field of biomedicine: databases for health and disease research, personalised healthcare, and organ donation, it explores how solidarity can make ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Personalized Medicine

    Empowered Patients in the 21st Century?

    by Barbara Prainsack ...
    Series Book 7 - Biopolitics
    Inside today's data-driven personalized medicine, and the time, effort, and information required from patients to make it a realityMedicine has been personal long before the concept of “personalized medicine” became popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual characteristics of their patients when diagnosing, and treating them. Patients have cared for ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Genetic Suspects

    Global Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing

    Edited by Richard Hindmarsh, Barbara Prainsack ...
    As DNA forensic profiling and databasing become established as key technologies in the toolbox of the forensic sciences, their expanding use raises important issues that promise to touch everyone's lives. In an authoritative global investigation of a diverse range of countries, including those at the forefront of these technologies' development and use, this book identifies and provides critical ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

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  • Introduction to Bioethics, An: Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated

    by Thomas A. Shannon & Nicholas J. Kockler ...
    This book provides an introductory survey of various bioethical issues facing society from beginning of life issues to end of life issues, and several issues in between. ... Read more

    $18.35 USD

  • The Politics of Life Itself

    Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

    by Nikolas Rose ...
    Series series In-Formation
    For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Genetics

    Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

    by Mark P. Aulisio, Françoise Baylis, Geoffrey D. Block, Hawley Fogg-Davis, Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Konrad Hockedlinger, Rodulf Jaenisch, Gregory E. Kaebnick, Muin J. Khoury, Roberta Springer Loewy, Thomas May, Edward R. B. McCabe, Linda L. McCabe, Annette Patterson, Jason Scott Robert, Martha Satz, Dena Towner, The President's Council on Bioethics, Francis Fukuyama ...
    Series series Readings in Bioethics
    Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In ... Read more

    $97.19 USD