"In the wake of the highly fractious Culture Wars, conservatives in science have launched a backlash against feminist, multiculturalist, and social critics in science studies. Paul Gross and Norman Levitt's book "Higher Superstition," presented as a wake-up call to scientists unaware of the dangers posed by the "science-bashers," set the shrill tone of this reaction and led to the appearance of a growing number of scare stories about an ..."
"In the wake of the highly fractious Culture Wars, conservatives in science have launched a backlash against feminist, multiculturalist, and social critics in science studies. Paul Gross and Norman Levitt s book "Higher Superstition," presented as a wake-up call to scientists unaware of the dangers posed by the science-bashers, set the shrill tone of this reaction and led to the appearance of a growing number of scare stories about an an ..."
"In the wake of the highly fractious Culture Wars, conservatives in science have launched a backlash against feminist, multiculturalist, and social critics in science studies. Paul Gross and Norman Levitt’s book Higher Superstition, presented as a wake-up call to scientists unaware of the dangers posed by the “science-bashers,” set the shrill tone of this reaction and led to the appearance of a growing number of scare stories about an “a ..."
GM Food on Trial Testing European Democracy (Genetics and Society) by LesLevidow, Susan Carr 309 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-65501-9, ISBN: 0-415-65501-3
"This book examines European institutions being 'put on trial' for how their regulatory procedures evaluate and regulate GM products, in ways which opened up alternative futures."
GM Food on Trial(1st Edition) Testing European Democracy (Genetics and Society) by LesLevidow, Susan Carr Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 2009 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95541-6, ISBN: 0-415-95541-6
"Europe was told that it had no choice but to accept agbiotech, yet this imperative was turned into a test of democratic accountability for societal choices. Since the late 1990s, European public controversy has kept the agri-biotech industry and its promoters on the defensive. As some opponents and regulators alike have declared, ‘GM food/crops are on trial’. Suspicion of their guilt has been evoked by moral symbols, as disputes over w ..."
Genetics and Society Ser. Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology : Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting by Joseph Murphy, LesLevidow 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-19093-5, ISBN: 1-134-19093-X
"In a situation involving multiple coalitions of stakeholders, with competing
framings of an issue, the identification of a collective problem may require efforts
to reconcile some competing frames. Surel (2000) has surveyed perspectives
that focus ..."
"This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies."
Genetics and Society Ser. Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology : Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting by Joseph Murphy, LesLevidow 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-134-19092-8, ISBN: 1-134-19092-1
"Inparticular wewould liketopoint outthat some ofthe material inChapters 2,3 and7 was developed with Helen Yanacopulos and will bepublishedas anarticlein Geoforum (Murphy and Yanacopulos,2005). Materialin Chapters 4, 5 and7was developed ..."
"Delays in approving genetically modified crops and foods in the European Union have led to a high profile trade conflict with the United States. This book analyses the EU-US conflict and uses it as a case study to explore the governance of new technologies. The transatlantic conflict over GM crops and food has been widely attributed to regulatory differences that divide the EU and the US. Going beyond common stereotypes of these differ ..."
Cyborg Worlds The Military Information Society by LesLevidow Paperback, Published 1991 by Free Association Books ISBN-13: 978-0-685-40459-1, ISBN: 0-685-40459-5
Radical Science Essays by LesLevidow Published 1986 by Humanities Press International Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-391-03111-1, ISBN: 0-391-03111-2
Radical Science Essays by LesLevidow Textbook Binding, Published 1986 by Prometheus Books ISBN-13: 978-0-391-03112-8, ISBN: 0-391-03112-0
Science As Politics(1st Edition) by LesLevidow Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 1986 by Free Associantion Books ISBN-13: 978-0-946960-47-7, ISBN: 0-946960-47-X
"Ethel Tobach, John Gianutsos. Howard R. Topoff, and Charles G. Gross, 77ie
Four Horsemen: Racism, Sexism, Militarism, and Social Darwinism, New York,
Behavioral Publications, 1974. Michael Turner, ed., Malthus and His Time,
London, ..."
Science as Politics (Radical science series) by LesLevidow 180 Pages, Published 1986 by Free Association Books ISBN-13: 978-0-946960-49-1, ISBN: 0-946960-49-6
"... and to specify how scientists' activities and plans evade, dovetail with or
catalyse this historical process of incorporation.28 Simon Pickvance's sensitive
account of his work as a molecular biologist is an interesting illustration of this
process ..."