Nanotechnology, Governance, and Knowledge Networks in the Global South

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Suárez Estrada, Marcela (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Public policy.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Science and Technology Studies.; Public Policy.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

The seemingly unlimited technological potential of nanotechnology brings with it new practices of governance, networking, and exercising power and agency. Focusing on scholars in the Global South, this text covers nanotechnology discourses, imaginaries, and materialities as they circulate and intera...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: "The Power of Small"
•  2. Assembling Power, Agencies, and Governance in Nanotechnology Networks
• 3. Imagining a Better Future for Mexico through Nanodiscourses
• 4. Liking Governance, Agencies, and Knowledge Networks at CIMAV
• 5. CIMAV and the Weaving of Transnational Knowledge Networks
• 6.Conclusion.