Structure, Agency and Biotechnology - The Case of the Rothamsted Gm Wheat Trials

"Structure, Agency, Biotechnology" argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights that it can offer into the study of agricultural biotechnology.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. A Holistic Approach to the GM Controversy; 2. Rethinking Science, Technology & Society Relations: Definitions, Boundaries and Underlying Theoretical Problems; 3. Science and Technology Studies: A Critical Overview of the Field; 4. Benton, Mouzelis, Stones: Some Key Advances in Contemporary Sociology; 5. A Holistic Framework for the Study of Agricultural Biotechnology 6. The Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials (I): Technology and Appropriation; 7. The Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials (II): Ideology; 8. What is the GM Controversy? Science, Politics and Prospects; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Aristeidis Panagiotou is a researcher at the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Greece.

Product details

• Authors: Aristeidis Panagiotou
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781785271243
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-124-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology; Key Issues in Modern Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories