Troy Duster

Backdoor to Eugenics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's "Backdoor to Eugenics" was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle to understand the pros and cons of prenatal detection of birth defects; gene therapies; growth hormones; and substitute genetic answers to problems linked with such groups as Jews, Scandinavians, Native American, Arabs, and African Americans. Duster's book has never been more timely.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415946742
• ISBN-10: 0415946743
• Artikelnr.: 21483989

Autorenporträt

Troy Duster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction by Pierre Bourdieu Acknowledgements 1. Inherited
Genetic Disorders and Inherited Social Orders 2. The Prism of Heritability
and the Sociology of Knowledge: What Questions? Whose Questions 3. The
Genetic Screening of "Target" Populations 4. Dilemmas of a "General"
Genetic Disorder Control Policy 5. Neutrality and Ideology in Genetic
Disorder Control 6. The Increasing Appropriation of Genetic Explanations 7.
Eugenics by the Back Door Appendix A: Intermediate Steps between Micro and
Macro Integration: The Case of Screening for Inherited Disorders Appendix
B: Screening Issues in Counselling Appendix C: The Ethnic Distribution of
Disease Notes References Index