43 research outputs found
Keijiro Otsuka and Kaliappa Kalirajan (eds.): agriculture in developing countries: technology issues
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Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott: Beyond biotechnology: the barren promise of genetic engineering
No full textBook Review: Peter Barab The Complementary Nature of Reality Portland, OR: Open Way Press, 2010. 527 pp. $28.50. ISBN 978-0982263709
No full textChanging Practices in/of Science: The Context of Intellectual Property Rights in India
No full textChanges in the practices and norms of research have changed the dynamics of creation of knowledge. Issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and proprietary information and knowledge have begun to give rise to new debates on public goods versus private profit. There is growing concern that dominance of a single view of the natural world as expounded by modern science will undermine these civilisational knowledge systems. There is a fear that the process of globalisation would lead to the appropriation of elements of this collective knowledge of societies into proprietary knowledge for commercial profit of a few. Hence, urgent action is needed to protect these fragile knowledge systems through national policies and international legislation, while providing its development and proper use for the benefit of its holders.intellectual property rights, IPR, civilisational knowledge systems, knowledge society, knowledge economy,community rights, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies
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Growth Miracles and Growth Debacles: Exploring Root Causes
No full textIn this fascinating book, Sambit Bhattacharyya presents a detailed account of the socio-economic processes that create broad variations in living standards across the globe. The author examines the world's economic history over the last five centuries, replete with growth miracles and growth debacles: growth in Britain was steady, yet China lost her early advantage; North America settler colonies performed significantly better than those of Asia and Africa; Australia and Argentina were notably similar at the start of the twentieth century but delivered strikingly different growth outcomes. The book argues that these differences in growth rate are best explained by an interplay of factors, namely economic, political and geographical. In conclusion it presents long-run comparative growth narratives for Africa, China, India, the Americas, Russia and Western Europe. Presenting a unique and original analytical framework to explain economic growth and decline, and bridging empirical growth literature and economic history, this book will prove a stimulating read for both academic and professional economists, and scholars of economic history and economic growth. Other social scientists including sociologists, political scientists and economic historians will also find the book to be of great value
Biofuels for What? Environmental Sustainability and Discursive Flexibility of Jatropha in India
No full textThe Intellectual Property Rights Regime and Emerging Institutional Framework of Scientific Research: Responses from Plant Molecular Biologists in India
No full textAbstractThe Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime has brought about a new set of interests, meanings, values, norms, etc. that have a potential to influence the practices of the scientific community in India. The research community in plant molecular biology, which is no exception to this, seems to be increasingly influenced by considerations of the potential of research for attaining patents. In the light of this, we attempt to capture the emerging institutional framework of scientific research that is contingent upon the protocols of the IPRs and changing scientific practices. Particular attention is paid to the views of scientists in India engaged in research in plant molecular biology on genetic engineering, agro-climatic specificities (as well as transgenics) and the changing relationship between scientists and boundary organisations. This new regime is marked by the advent of the customer‐funder‐policymaker nexus as a prominent element in science forcing the plant molecular biologists to (re-)negotiate scientific boundaries. The commodification of scientific research alters the idealised identities of science and scientific community. The disciplines that can contribute to map different dimensions of the problem should collaborate to identify a shared perspective and suggest workable or deliverable solutions.
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