Genetic engineering is placed in the context of a history of transformations of the relations between 'cultivated nature' and 'naturally occurring nature'. It is argued that genetic modification is a bio-socio-economic process, producing new diversity within cultivated nature. Viewing bio-...

Using administrative data and in-depth interviews, this case study reports on the short-term impact of welfare reform in persistently poor rural areas of central Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and Indian reservations in South Dakota. The regions' significant...

A theoretical social epistemology, arguing for a 'relational realism', is developed as part of the internal work of the research process in a social science investigation. It is suggested that theorising the nature of knowledge interactions is fruitful both in developing an epistemology of the...

The vast majority of products (i.e. goods and services) are provided to the consumer through several co-ordinated and contributing agents acting together. This paper is concerned with improving our understanding of processes of provision and innovation that involve several contributing and...

The paper addresses the new competition for land arising from growing and changing demand for food when combined with increasing global demand for transport energy, under conditions of declining petro-chemical resources and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The paper starts...

[eng] The paper explores how the emergence of bioinformatics has disrupted existing forms of economic organisation and the boundaries between market and non-market activities. New combinations of capabilities have emerged at the interface of biology, computer science and mathematics leading to...