Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries

The Science-Industrial Complex

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Av D. West, Darrell M. West

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A globalization of innovation has produced the most massive spurt in biotechnology in world history.  Businesses, universities, and non-governmental organizations are collaborating to produce a "science-industrial complex" in biotechnology.  Using case studies of stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified food, in-vitro fertilization, and chimeras in a number of Eastern and Western countries around the world, I argue that much of this biotech activity is global in nature and independent of state control.  This shift in the relative influence of state and non-state actors has led to the virtual deregulation of biotechnology and the liberation of innovation from geo-political constraints.  These trends post a number of interesting social, political, and ethical issues for the contemporary period and suggest the need to rethink how controversial moral issues are handled by the science-industrial complex.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2007-06-15
  • Mått140 x 216 x 18 mm
  • Vikt340 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor192
  • Upplaga2007
  • FörlagPalgrave USA
  • ISBN9781403972514