Edging Towards Bioutopia: A New Politics of Reordering Life & The Democratic Challenge

This book interrogates one of the most important environmental conflicts in recent science and technology history: the controversy about a proposed genetically engineered futurenatural. In a revealing behind-the-scenes account, this book investigates the political technologies and regulatory manoeuvres in Australia which aim to contain and brush aside probing public debate. Offers a unique perspective on the GM debate — from a renowned expert in the interaction between science and politics.

Richard Hindmarsh lectures in environmental policy, regulation and politics at the Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, and previously taught in Nature and Technoscience Studies at the University of Queensland.