Politics of Biotechnology in North America and Europe

Policy Networks, Institutions and Internationalization

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Biotechnology is one of the most important new issues to emerge in the knowledge economy. The Politics of Biotechnology in North America and Europe provides analysts with a perspective on policy-making in scientifically advanced countries that integrate the insights of several approaches and that display a particular sensitivity to the complexity of policy-making conjectures. This perspective allows going beyond the simplistic understandings of biotechnology policy currently prevailing. This volume provides a rigorous analysis and detailed information on biotechnology policy in nine countries. The essays included here present the results of in-depth empirical research in the area of biomedicine and agro-food biotechnology. The book is, therefore, not only of interest to policy-makers and policy analysts, but also to anyone with an interest in biotechnology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-12-19
Mått:156 x 238 x 27 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739112472

Utforska kategorier

Biokemisk teknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biomedicinsk teknik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Ýric Montpetit is associate professor of political science at the University of Montreal. Christine Rothmayr is assistant professor of political science at the University of Montreal. Frédéric Varone is professor of political science at the University of Geneva.

Recensioner i media

Two of the most prominent applications of biotechnology assisted reproductive technology and genetic modification of plants have stirred strong feelings and led to widely varying approaches among North American and European countries. Nor are states always consistent, they might be restrictive on GMOs but permissive of ARTs. In a systematic comparison of these two policy areas, this book adds greatly to our understanding. Theoretically well-informed and methodologically sophisticated, the authors show how different patterns of networks, national institutions, and international regimes explain policy outcomes. In providing this analysis, they challenge common assumptions about an "Atlantic divide" and the importance of EU institutions over nation-state ones. Policy scholars working in all policy areas will find much to learn from this book.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Comparing Biotechnology Policy in Europe and North America: A Theoretical FrameworkChapter 2 Trade and Human Rights: Inter- and Supranational Regulation of ART and GM FoodChapter 3 Different Paths to the Same Result: Explaining Permissive Policies in the USAChapter 4 The Canadian Knowledge Economy in the Shadow of the United Kingdom and the United StatesChapter 5 A Contrast of Two Sectors in the British Knowledge EconomyChapter 6 Policy Mediation of Tensions Regarding Biotechnology in FranceChapter 7 ART and GMO Policies in Germany: Effect of Mobilization, Issue-Coupling, and EuropeanizationChapter 8 Accommodation, Bureaucratic Politics, and Supranational Leviathan: ART and GMO Policy-Making in the NetherlandsChapter 9 Conflict and Consensus in Belgian Biopolicies: GMO Controversy versus Biomedical Self-RegulationChapter 10 ARTs and GMOs in Sweden: Explaining the Differences in Policy DesignChapter 11 Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Non-EU Membership—Different Institutions, Similar PoliciesChapter 12 Regulating ART and GMOs in Europe and North America: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis