Cosmopolitanization of Science: Stem Cell Governance in China (Hardback) By (author) Joy Yueyue Zhang

Full bibliographic data for Cosmopolitanization of Science

Title

Cosmopolitanization of Science

Subtitle

Stem Cell Governance in China

Authors and contributors

By (author) Joy Yueyue Zhang

Physical properties

Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 232
Width: 143 mm
Height: 222 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 392 g

Audience

College/higher education
General/trade
Professional and scholarly

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780230302594
ISBN 10: 0230302599

Classifications

BISAC category code: SOC026000
BISAC category code: SCI075000
BISAC category code: SOC057000
BISAC category code: POL033000
BISAC category code: SCI017000
BIC geographical qualifier: 1FPC
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S6.1T
BIC subject category: PDR
BIC subject category: MFCC
BISAC category code: MED026000

Illustrations note

2 black & white tables, 2 figures

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Imprint name

Palgrave MacMillan

Publication date

15 May 2012

Publication City/Country

Basingstoke/GB

Review quote

'This is a highly original, ground breaking study as it enriches cosmopolitan theory with empirical data from a developing country.' - Ulrich Beck, Professor of Sociology, University of Munich, Germany 'Joy Zhang delivers a lucid and pioneering account of non-western science-in-the-making. This important book will be of value to a wide range of scholars by elucidating not only the cosmopolitanization of science in China, but how this process can be analysed sociologically, and why such research matters.' - Sarah Franklin, Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK 'Zhang deftly illuminates the worlds of stem cell research and ethical governance in China. Rather than situate scientific knowledge in terms of flows from East to West, or vice versa,this book illustrates how national agendas of science reframe knowledge and material practices as cosmopolitan.' - Nancy N. Chen, Professor of Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Biographical note

JOY YUEYUE ZHANG Fernand Braudel Fellow at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France. She previously worked at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Main description

Based on site visits to 22 key research teams in China, as well as interviews with ethicists and Ministry of Health officials, this book investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese stakeholders have developed a cosmopolitan sensibility in comprehending and responding to ethical and regulatory concerns with influence from both within and without their national boundaries. It elucidates the structural and administrative particularities stem cell scientists are confronted with and charts the transformation of Chinese science from an image of the 'Wild East' to a responsible player in the international stem cell community. This book demonstrates the feasibility, and implications, of a less advantaged country in influencing global research trends and provides a powerful corrective to existing cosmopolitan frameworks which are established mainly on Western data sources. It contributes both to the empirical social study of science and to current theoretical debates on cosmopolitanization.

Table of contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Note on Transliteration Cosmopolitanization and China's Stem Cell Research: An Introduction Regulatory Framework and Early Administrative Rationales Research Motivations for Stem Cell Research Emerging Reflexivity in Transnational Communication Tizhi Wenti I: The Social Organization of Stem Cell Research Tizhi Wenti II: Governance on Research Funding and Performance Evaluation Stem Cell Therapy and the Governance of Uncertainty Conclusion Notes Bibliography