Description
Biotechnology Unglued explores this question in a
well-considered investigation of the effects of technology on social
cohesion. The essays present case studies of how various applications
in agricultural, medical, and forensic biotechnology have affected the
cohesiveness of agricultural communities, citizens, consumer groups,
scientific communities, and society in general. The contributors, from
a range of backgrounds, demonstrate how particular kinds of
technology-society and technology-corporate configurations affect
social cohesion by creating cultures of surveillance, competition,
social exclusion, and control.