Global Science and National Sovereignty

<p><em>Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science</em> provides detailed case studies on how sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in the twentieth century by the construction of scientific disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects. Interrogating the relationship of the sovereign power of the nation state to the scientist's expert knowledge as a legitimating – and sometimes challenging – force in contemporary society, this book provides a staggering range of case studies in its exploration of how different types of science have transformed our understanding of national sovereignty in the last century. From biochemical sciences in Russia, to nuclear science in the US and Europe, from economics in South Asia, to climatology in South America, each chapter demonstrates the role that scientists play in the creation of nation-states and international organizations. With an array of experts and scholars, the essays in <em>Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science</em> offer a complete redefinition of the modern concept of sovereignty and an illuminating reassessment of the role of science in political life.</p> <p><strong> <br><p>Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Global Science and National Sovereignty: A New Terrain for the Historical Sociology of Science <em>Grégoire Mallard and Catherine Paradeise</em> 2. Running in Circles: The Heidelberg Kruzhok and the Nationalization of Russian Chemistry <em>Michael Gordin</em> 3. ‘Stem Cells’ Two Families: Challenges to the Body and the Body Politic in the US Stem Cell Controversy <em>Vincent-Antonin Lepinay</em> 4. Who Shall Keep Humanity’s ‘Sacred Trust’? International Liberals, Cosmopolitans, and the Problem of Nuclear Proliferation <em>Grégoire Mallard</em> 5.‘Carrying American Ideas to the Unconverted’: MIT’s Failed Attempt to Export Operations Research to NATO <em>John Krige</em> 6. National Usages for a "Global" Science: The Dissemination of New Economic Paradigms as a Hegemonic Global Strategy and a National Strategy for the Reproduction of Governing Elites <em>Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth</em> 7. Appropriation and Regulation of Biotechnological Innovations: A Transatlantic Comparison <em>Jean-Paul Gaudillière and Pierre-Benoît</em> <em>Joly</em> 8. Climate change: Scientific Dynamics, Expertise and Geopolitical Challenges <em>Amy Dahan Dalmedico and Hélène Guillemot</em>. Contributors. Index.</p></strong></p>