Nanotechnology: Regulation and Public Discourse (Philosophy, Technology and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786608936 ISBN 13: 9781786608932

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019

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Críticas

Nanotechnology: Regulation and Public Discourse offers important insights into how, paradoxically, the smallest things seem capable of posing the biggest challenges to the world. Taking a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective, it integrates governance within and beyond the law, thus, deriving regulatory solutions from the micro-level for the macro-level. A highly instructive book for everyone interested in innovation and shaping a forward-looking normative frame for emerging technologies. -- Rostam J. Neuwirth, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau The book Nanotechnology: Regulation and Public Discourse skillfully investigates society's normative practices for adopting new technologies. By probing the subject of nanotechnology, this important book breaks new ground within our understanding of contemporary mechanisms for assessment and definition of new technological advances. Taking matters further, this volume proposes methodological and normative guidelines that aid our preparation for better nanotechnological futures. -- Joakim Juhl, Assistant Professor, Department of Planning, University of Aalborg

Reseña del editor

Over the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology has been ascribed the potential to contribute beneficial applications in fields such as medicine, cosmetics, or environmental remediation. At the same time it is still contested whether engineered nanomaterials might be not one-sidedly "good" but may also entail negative side-effects for human health and the environment. To address this uncertainty, academic and political initiatives have sought to establish norms and practices to assess and govern nanomaterials. Rooted in different disciplines such as ethics, ecology, law, social and political sciences, the chapters in this edited volume explore the normative approaches, societal practices, and legal mechanisms which have emerged in the nano-field over the last two decades. The chapters also present a broad variety of evaluative approaches that may assist societal actors in their attempts to actively shape and contribute to the debate about nanomaterials.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1786608936
• ISBN 13: 9781786608932
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308
• Herausgeber: Eisenberger Iris, Kallhoff Angela, Schwarz-Plaschg Claudia