Books by Sheila Jasanoff

"Nearly 70 years after the dawn of the genetic age, biotechnology, scientists proclaim, is poised to rewrite the book of life. Yet, how far can science go in making sense of what "life" means to human beings and societies? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that the claims of rewriting life are overblown"--

Globalization seen through the lens of environmental governance; analyses of how the global and the local can accommodate one another.