Politics of Animal Experimentation

Dan Lyons is CEO of the Centre for Animals and Social Justice, an animal protection think tank, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield's Department of Politics, UK. He has won several awards for his research, including the Political Studies Association Prize for the best thesis in Government and Public Administration. In January 2014 he was appointed to membership of the Irish Government's statutory advisory committee on the regulation of animal experimentation.  Wyn Grant is Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick, UK, and vice-president for Europe and Africa of the International Political Science Association.

• Foreword: Wyn Grant Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Towards a Dynamic Model of British Policy Networks 3. The 'Animal Research Issue Network' Thesis: A Critique 4. Theory and Method in the Study of Animal Research Policy 5. The 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act: Protection for Animals or Animal Researchers? 6. The Evolution of the Animal Research Policy Network: 1876-1950 7. The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986: Emergence of an Issue Network or Policy Community Dynamic Conservatism? 8. Imutran Xenotransplantation Research Case Study 9. Conclusion: The Power Distribution in British Animal Research Politics