Edging Towards BioUtopia: A New Politics of Reordering Life & the Democratic Challenge

Hindmarsh (Griffith School of Environment, Griffith U., Australia) describes the evolution of the Australian regulatory framework governing the prospect of the widespread introduction of genetically modified organisms, beginning with the discovery of recombinant DNA techniques in the early 1970 through the passage the Gene Technology Act 2000. He focuses on the actors that constructed the discourses that influenced the regulatory framework and how they continually sought to marginalize the concerns and narratives of dissenting publics, scientists, and bureaucrats. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)