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Nanotechnology and the challenges of equity, equality and development / Susan E. Cozzens, Jameson M. Wetmore, eds.

Title
Nanotechnology and the challenges of equity, equality and development / Susan E. Cozzens, Jameson M. Wetmore, eds.
Publication
Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Cozzens, Susan E.
  • Wetmore, Jameson M.
Description
xxx, 457 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Yearbook of nanotechnology in society ; v. 2
Uniform Title
Yearbook of nanotechnology in society ; v. 2.
Subject
Nanotechnology > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Contexts of equity : thinking about organizational and technoscience contexts for gender equity in biotechnolgy and nanotechnology / Laurel Smith-Doerr -- Women and patenting in nanotechnology : scale, scope and equity / Yu Meng and Philip Shapira -- Potential implications for equity in the nanotechnology workforce in the U.S. / Sonia Gatchair -- Exploring societal impact of nanomedicine using public value mapping / Catherine P. Slade -- Ableism and favoritism for abilities governance, ethics and studies : new tools for nanoscale and nanoscale-enabled science and technology governance / Gregor Wolbring -- i will go further / Yonex Corporation USA -- Nanotechnology and the extension and transformation of inequity / Georgia Miller and Gyorgy Scrinis -- Nanotechnology and the sixth technological revolution / Mark Knell -- Innovation, growth, and inequality : plausible scenarios of wage disparities in a world with nanotechnologies / Walter D. Valdivia --^
  • Metropolitan development of nanotechnology : concentration or dispersion? / Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira -- The role of organized workers in the regulation of nanotechnologies / Guillermo Foladori and Edgar Zayago Lau -- ETUC resolution on nanotechnologies and nanomaterials / European Trade Union Confederation -- Materializing nano equity : lessons from design / Dean Nieusma -- Public perceptions of fairness in NBIC technologies / Ravtosh Bal -- Equity and participation in decisions : what can nanotechnology learn from biotechnology in Kenya? / Matthew Harsh -- Nanotechnology : how prepared is Uganda? / Kikonyogo Ngatya -- Nanotechnology and the poor : opportunities and risks for developing countries / Todd F. Barker ... [et al.] -- Science policy and social inclusion : advances and limits of Brazilian nanotechnology policy / Noela Invernizzi -- The potential of nanotechnology for equitable economic development : the case of Brazil / Luciano Kay and Philip Shapira --^
  • Open access nanotechnology for developing countries : lessons from open source software / Dhanaraj Thakur -- Southern roles in global nanotechnology innovation : perspectives from Thailand and Australia / Donald C. Maclurcan -- How can nanotechnologies fulfill the needs of developing countries? / David J. Grimshaw , Lawrence D. Gudza, and Jack Stilgoe -- Technical education and Indian society : the role of values / Raghubir Sharan, Yashowanta N. Mohapatra, and Jameson M. Wetmore -- Keeping the dream alive : what ELSI-research might learn from parliamentary technology assessment / Rinie van Est -- Nanotech ethics and the policymaking process : lessons learned for advancing equity and equality in emerging nanotechnologies / Evan S. Michelson -- Building equity and equality into nanotechnology / Susan E. Cozzens.
ISBN
  • 9789048196142
  • 9048196140
LCCN
^^2010937022