Nanotechnology and Global Equality

The book places nanotechnology'¬"s emergence within a broad historical and contemporary global context while developing and testing an interpretive framework through which to assess nanotechnology'¬"s claims. It clarifies the nature of global engagement with nanotechnology research and development, revealing surprising scenarios, unacknowledged by most mainstream commentators. The book concludes by exploring a range of perspectives from Thailand and Australia about nanotechnology'¬"s foreseen implications for global inequity.