Vanishing Bees
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Vanishing Bees by Sainath Suryanarayanan
Takes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Drawing from extensive interviews and first-hand observations, Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman examine how members of each group have acquired, disseminated, and evaluated knowledge about CCD.
"The authors provide impressive and compelling social scientific insights into a major agricultural and environmental issueVanishing 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 *
"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 *
SAINATH 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813574585 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813574587 |
| Title | Vanishing Bees |
| Author | Sainath Suryanarayanan |
| Series | Nature Society And Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 2016-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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