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Backdoor to eugenics

Author: Troy Duster
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Duster, Troy.
Backdoor to eugenics.
New York : Routledge, 2003
(OCoLC)56336123
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Troy Duster
ISBN: 0415948053 9780415948050 0415946743 9780415946742
OCLC Number: 52251293
Description: xvi, 240 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Inherited genetic disorders and inherited social orders --
The prism of heritability and the sociology of knowledge: what questions? Whose questions? --
The genetic screening of "target" populations --
Dilemmas of a "general" genetic disorder control policy --
Neutrality and ideology in genetic disorder control --
The increasing appropriation of genetic explanations --
Eugenics by the back door --
Human genetics, evolutionary theory, and social stratification --
Afterword: The new and emerging relationship between behavioral and molecular genetics.
Responsibility: Troy Duster.
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