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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sainath Suryanarayanan , Daniel Lee KleinmanPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780813574585ISBN 10: 0813574587 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 29 November 2016 Recommended Age: From 17 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Knowing with Their Eyes? Beekeepers’ Understandings of CCD 2 Keeping the Research Disciplined: Entomological Understandings of the Controversy over Insecticides 3 Bees under the Treadmill of Agriculture: Growers’ Responses to Bee Decline 4 The Bottom-line for Bayer: Agrochemical Companies and ‘Bee Care’ 5 Regulating Knowledge: The EPA and Pesticide Standards CodaNotesReference ListIndexReviewsA rigorous and provocative analysis of how scientists and citizens address a crisis. --Jay Evans Research Leader, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARS """The authors provide impressive and compelling social scientific insights into a major agricultural and environmental issue. Vanishing Bees is a fascinating case study of how knowledge and ignorance are produced."" -- Elizabeth Popp Berman * University at Albany, SUNY * ""A rigorous and provocative analysis of how scientists and citizens address a crisis."" -- Jay Evans * Research Leader, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARS * ""Using the complex issues surrounding Colony Collapse Disorder, the authors perform an extraordinary feat, informing us about the politics of knowledge and ignorance, while showing how the strengths of modern science limits its ability to address problems of complexity."" -- Lawrence Busch * Michigan State University * ""There’s a lot we don’t know about why bees are vanishing, and this book provides the tools to understand why ignorance prevails. The analysis explains how our struggles with complexity are compounded by biases about who speaks as an expert."" -- Steven Epstein * author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge * ""Honey bees are dying and humans are responding with a kaleidoscope of views and approaches to explain why. The authors artfully bring multiple perspectives together and offer a welcome glimpse into how we might unify to restore bee health."" -- Marla Spivak * University of Minnesota *" Using the complex issues surrounding Colony Collapse Disorder, the authors perform an extraordinary feat, informing us about the politics of knowledge and ignorance, while showing how the strengths of modern science limits its ability to address problems of complexity. --Lawrence Busch Michigan State University There s a lot we don t know about why bees are vanishing, and this book provides the tools to understand why ignorance prevails. The analysis explains how our struggles with complexity are compounded by biases about who speaks as an expert. --Steven Epstein author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge Honey bees are dying and humans are responding with a kaleidoscope of views and approaches to explainwhy. The authors artfully bring multiple perspectives together and offer a welcome glimpse into how we might unify to restore bee health. --Marla Spivak University of Minnesota A rigorous and provocative analysis of how scientists and citizens address a crisis. --Jay Evans Research Leader, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARS The authorsprovide impressive and compelling social scientific insights into a major agricultural and environmental issue.Vanishing Beesis a fascinating case study of how knowledge and ignorance are produced. --Elizabeth Popp Berman University at Albany, SUNY This is a stimulating discussion around bee biology and human society that seeks to unravel the debate concerning the decline in honey bees. - Bees for Development Author InformationSAINATH SURYANARAYANAN is an assistant scientist of biology and society in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and in the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. DANIEL LEE KLEINMAN is an associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also a professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of numerous books, including Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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