1st Edition

Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy A Sociomaterial Perspective

By Alexander Styhre Copyright 2013
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

In Reproductive Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Contemporary Economy, Alexander Styhre and Rebecka Arman illuminate issues that have given rise to terms such as 'the bioeconomy' and 'the baby business'. The life sciences play an increasing role in providing services and commodities consumed by businesses and the public. Based on an in-depth study of clinics offering assisted fertilization in... Read more
Part I Theoretical Perspectives; Introduction; Chapter 1 Materiality, Technoscience and Organizing; Chapter 2 Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Fertilization; Part II Assisted Fertilization as Practice; Chapter 3 Developing Assisted Fertilization; Chapter 4 In the Clinic; Chapter 5 In the Laboratory; Chapter 6 Regulations and Controversies; Part III Analysis; Chapter 7 The Management of Assisted Fertilization;

Biography

Alexander Styhre, PhD, is professor and chair of organization theory and management, Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. Styhre’s work has appeared in Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Organization, Group and Organization Management, and elsewhere. Styhre is author, co-author, and co-editor of more than 20 research monographs and textbooks including the most recent Venturing Into the Bioeconomy (co-authored, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Knowledge Sharing in Professions (Gower, 2011), and Visual Culture in Organizations (Routledge, 2010). Rebecka Arman, Ph.D, is a lecturer and researcher of organization theory and management in the same department. Arman is a trained nurse with work experience from the field of gynaecology. Arman's dissertation project focused on health care management and her work has appeared in the Journal of Nursing Management and Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. She has co-authored chapters in a monograph on the work of managers.