{"product_id":"technocratic-antarctic-jessica-oreilly-9780801456923","title":"Technocratic Antarctic: An Ethnography of Scientific Expertise and Environmental Governance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Technocratic Antarctic\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographic account of the scientists and policymakers who work on Antarctica. In a place with no indigenous people, Antarctic scientists and policymakers use expertise as their primary model of governance. Scientific research and policymaking are practices that inform each other, and the Antarctic environment--with its striking beauty, dramatic human and animal lives, and specter of global climate change--not only informs science and policy but also lends Antarctic environmentalism a particularly technocratic patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica O'Reilly conducted most of her research for this book in New Zealand, home of the \"Antarctic Gateway\" city of Christchurch, and on an expedition to Windless Bight, Antarctica, with the New Zealand Antarctic Program. O'Reilly also follows the journeys Antarctic scientists and policymakers take to temporarily \"Antarctic\" places such as science conferences, policy workshops, and the international Antarctic Treaty meetings in Scotland, Australia, and India. Competing claims of nationalism, scientific disciplines, field experiences, and personal relationships among Antarctic environmental managers disrupt the idea of a utopian epistemic community. O'Reilly focuses on what emerges in Antarctica among the complicated and hybrid forms of science, sociality, politics, and national membership found there. \u003ci\u003eThe Technocratic Antarctic\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the historical, political, and moral contexts that shape experiences of and decisions about the Antarctic environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica O'Reilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801456924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801456923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017","brand":"Jessica O'Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947173708031,"sku":"9780801456923","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5bf0ef67-9b50-4f7d-8926-6a29c760007d.jpg?v=1681517157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/technocratic-antarctic-jessica-oreilly-9780801456923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}