Nanotechnology, Governance, and Knowledge Networks in the Global South

Suárez Estrada, Marcela

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 interact within governance knowledge networks. Rather than adapt their actions to existing governance mechanisms and science, technology, and innovation policy, scientists use the imaginary of nanotechnology to create new symbolic and material incentives, thus shaping its governance. By tracing the constantly shifting asymmetries of knowledge and power, the book offers fresh insights into the dynamics of knowledge networks.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2017-11-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319695136

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69514-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 101