The Elephant and the Dragon in Contemporary Life Sciences (Paperback)

Paperback. This book provides a powerful diagnosis of why the global governance of science struggles in the face of emerging powers. Through unpacking critical events in China and India over the past twenty years, it demonstrates that the subversiveness assumed in the two countries rise in the life sciences reflects many of the regulatory challenges that are shared worldwide. It points to a decolonial imperative for science governance to be responsive and effective in a cosmopolitan world. By highlighting epistemic injustice within contemporary science, the book extends theories of decolonisation. This book demonstrates that the subversiveness assumed in Chinas and Indias rise in the life sciences reflects many of the regulatory challenges that are shared globally. It stresses a decolonial imperative for science governance to be responsive and effective in a cosmopolitan world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.