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Biocapital, Biopolitics and Biosocialities: Reframing Health, Livelihoods and Environments with New Genetics and Biotechnology

In: Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods

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  • Liliana Acero

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New genetics and biotechnology substantively mediate gender relations and the environment in contemporary livelihoods; they reshape bodies, change health practices, and redefine rights. Also, they contribute to new forms of institution-building and policymaking at the community and global levels, and raise numerous culturally and ethically controversial questions based on gender, class, age, and ethnicity. Critical gender narratives are to be consistently refocused to address these issues and contribute further to the democratization of science and medicine. New regulatory frameworks are to include a human rights’ perspective and be built through plural and democratic participation, in order to help reap the benefits and minimize the risks and uncertainties of biotechnologies, as well as to enhance citi-zens’ control.

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  • Liliana Acero, 2012. "Biocapital, Biopolitics and Biosocialities: Reframing Health, Livelihoods and Environments with New Genetics and Biotechnology," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Wendy Harcourt (ed.), Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods, chapter 15, pages 221-237, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-1-137-02234-9_15
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137022349_15
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