Nanotechnology and the Challenges of Equity, Equality and Development

Preface
David Guston

Introduction
Susan E. Cozzens and Jameson M. Wetmore

Contributors

Part I: Dimensions of Nano Fairness

1 Contexts of Equity: Thinking about Organizational and Technoscience Contexts for Gender Equity in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology
Laurel Smith-Doerr

2 Female Involvement in Nanotechnology Intellectual Property Development
Yu Meng and Philip Shapira

3 Potential Implications for Equity in the Nanotechnology Workforce in the U.S.
Sonia Gatchair

4 Exploring Societal Impact of Nanomedicine using Public Value Mapping
Catherine Slade

5 Ableism and Favoritism for Abilities Governance, Ethics and Studies: New Tools for Nanoscale and Nanoscale enabled Science and Technology Governance
Gregor Wolbring

6 i will go further (advertisement)
Yonex Corporation

Part II: Uneven Structures

7 Nanotechnology and the Extension and Transformation of Inequity
Georgia Miller and Gyorgy Scrinis

8 Nanotechnology and the Sixth Technological Revolution
Mark Knell

9 Innovation, Growth, and Inequality: Plausible Scenarios of Wage Disparities in a World with Nanotechnologies
Walter D. Valdivia

10 Metropolitan Development of Nanotechnology: Concentration or Dispersion?
Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira

11 The Role of Organized Workers in the Regulation of Nanotechnologies
Guillermo Foladori and Edgar Zayago Lau

12 ETUC Resolution on Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials
European Trade Union Confederation

Part III: Equalizing Processes

13 Materializing Nano Equity: Lessons from Design
Dean Nieusma

14 Public Perceptions of Fairness in NBIC Technologies
Ravtosh Bal

15 Equity and Participation in Decisions: What can nanotechnology learn from biotechnology in Kenya?
Matthew Harsh

16 Nanotechnology: How prepared is Uganda?
Kikonyogo Ngatya

Part IV: Nanotechnology and the World System

17 Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities and Risks for Developing Countries
Todd F. Barker, Leili Fatehi, Michael T. Lesnick, Timothy J. Mealey, and Rex R. Raimond –

18 Science Policy and Social Inclusion: Advances and Limits of Brazilian Nanotechnology Policy
Noela Invernizzi

19 The Potential of Nanotechnology for Equitable Economic Development: The Case of Brazil
Luciano Kay and Philip Shapira

20 Open Access Nanotechnology for Developing Countries: Lessons from Open Source Software
Dhanaraj Thakur

21 Southern Roles in Global Nanotechnology Innovation: Perspectives from Thailand and Australia
Donald C. Maclurcan

22 How can Nanotechnologies Fulfill the Needs of Developing Countries?
David J. Grimshaw, Lawrence D. Gudza, and Jack Stilgoe

23 Technology, Society, & Education: An Indian Perspective
R Sharan, Y N Mohapatra, and Jameson M. Wetmore

Part V: Lessons for action

24 Keeping the Dream Alive: What ELSI-research Might Learn from Parliamentary Technology Assessment
Rinie van Est

25 Nanotech Ethics and the Policymaking Process: Lessons Learned for Advancing Equity and Equality in Emerging Nanotechnologies
Evan S. Michelson

26 Building Equity and Equality into Nanotechnology
Susan Cozzens

Index