Nanotechnology is enabling applications in materials, microelectronics, health, and agriculture, which are projected to create the next big shift in production, comparable to the industrial revolution. Such major shifts always co-evolve with social relationships. This book focuses on how nanotechnologies might affect equity/equality in global society. Nanotechnologies are likely to open gaps by gender, ethnicity, race, and ability status, as well as between developed and developing countries, unless steps are taken now to create a different outcome. Organizations need to change their practices, and cultural ideas must be broadened if currently disadvantaged groups are to have a more equal position in nano-society rather than a more disadvantaged one. Economic structures are likely to shift in the nano-revolution, requiring policymakers and participatory processes to invent new institutions for social welfare, better suited to the new economic order than those of the past.

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PrefaceDavid GustonIntroductionSusan E. Cozzens and Jameson M. WetmoreContributorsPart I: Dimensions of Nano Fairness1 Contexts of Equity: Thinking about Organizational and Technoscience Contexts for Gender Equity in Biotechnology and NanotechnologyLaurel Smith-Doerr2 Female Involvement in Nanotechnology Intellectual Property DevelopmentYu Meng and Philip Shapira3 Potential Implications for Equity in the Nanotechnology Workforce in the U.S.Sonia Gatchair4 Exploring Societal Impact of Nanomedicine using Public Value MappingCatherine Slade5 Ableism and Favoritism for Abilities Governance, Ethics and Studies: New Tools for Nanoscale and Nanoscale enabled Science and Technology GovernanceGregor Wolbring6 i will go further (advertisement)Yonex CorporationPart II: Uneven Structures7 Nanotechnology and the Extension and Transformation of InequityGeorgia Miller and Gyorgy Scrinis8 Nanotechnology and the Sixth Technological RevolutionMark Knell9 Innovation, Growth, and Inequality: Plausible Scenarios of Wage Disparities in a World with NanotechnologiesWalter D. Valdivia10 Metropolitan Development of Nanotechnology: Concentration or Dispersion?Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira11 The Role of Organized Workers in the Regulation of NanotechnologiesGuillermo Foladori and Edgar Zayago Lau12 ETUC Resolution on Nanotechnologies and NanomaterialsEuropean Trade Union ConfederationPart III: Equalizing Processes13 Materializing Nano Equity: Lessons from DesignDean Nieusma14 Public Perceptions of Fairness in NBIC TechnologiesRavtosh Bal15 Equity and Participation in Decisions: What can nanotechnology learn from biotechnology in Kenya?Matthew Harsh16 Nanotechnology: How prepared is Uganda?Kikonyogo NgatyaPart IV: Nanotechnology and the World System17 Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities and Risks for Developing CountriesTodd 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 PolicyNoela Invernizzi19 The Potential of Nanotechnology for Equitable Economic Development: The Case of BrazilLuciano Kay and Philip Shapira20 Open Access Nanotechnology for Developing Countries: Lessons from Open Source SoftwareDhanaraj Thakur21 Southern Roles in Global Nanotechnology Innovation: Perspectives from Thailand and AustraliaDonald C. Maclurcan22 How can Nanotechnologies Fulfill the Needs of Developing Countries?David J. Grimshaw, Lawrence D. Gudza, and Jack Stilgoe23 Technology, Society, & Education: An Indian PerspectiveR Sharan, Y N Mohapatra, and Jameson M. WetmorePart V: Lessons for action24 Keeping the Dream Alive: What ELSI-research Might Learn from Parliamentary Technology AssessmentRinie van Est25 Nanotech Ethics and the Policymaking Process: Lessons Learned for Advancing Equity and Equality in Emerging NanotechnologiesEvan S. Michelson26 Building Equity and Equality into NanotechnologySusan CozzensIndex