Genetic Engineering as a Social Problem

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7077451
AutoresTomiko Yamaguchi (0000-0001-6175-199X, International Christian University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Páginas1-4
Fecha de publicación2019-11-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoOTHER
RevistaThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosg032.pub2
OpenAlexW4250872072
ISBN9781405165518
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas14

Scientific and technological progress in genetic engineering has been rapid and extensive, and thus engenders major social ramifications through its transformative effect on social and economic relations and the creation of winners and losers. Against this backdrop this article looks at how sociology approaches the use of genetic engineering in agriculture and food. This entry reviews literature in distinct fields of inquiry surrounding genetic engineering as a social problem, including utopian and dystopia visions, a political economic approach to the commercial use of genetic engineering, knowledge politics between experts and the lay public in science and technology studies, globalization and regional sovereignty issues, bio‐ and food safety governance, social movements, and science and democracy issues. The entry suggests that given the rapid development of genetic engineering techniques, seeing genetic engineering as a social problem through the lenses of social relationships, power, inequality, and production and exchange of knowledge becomes all the more important

Computer security · Corporate governance · Dystopia · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Globalization · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social engineering (security · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Vision · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Computer Science · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Law