Book Review: Ecofeminism as politics: nature, Marx and the postmodern

undertaken by the author. This said, the wealth of detail on the development of biotechnology across five decades, four countries and two continents here is a significant achievement. The author uses this empirical range to demonstrate the importance of national differences in the ways in which genes have figured in the political fray and how scientific, commercial and policy agencies and practices are interwoven in the fabric of biotechnology. It is this comparative dimension which is the real strength of the book and should make it a useful source of information for researchers, students and practitioners in social science, science and science policy and hence a worthwhile library purchase.