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Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries : The Science-Industrial Complex / by D. West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Darrell M., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- International organization.
- Biotechnology.
- Economic development.
- International Relations.
- International Organization.
- Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- International Organization.
- Biotechnology.
- Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The globalization of innovation
- Science-industry collaboration
- In vitro fertilization and assisted reproductive technology
- Genetically modified food
- Cloning
- Stem cell research
- Chimeras
- Pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, and health care
- Whose ethical standards?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611366117
- 9781281366115
- 1281366110
- 9780230605688
- 0230605680
- OCLC:
- 647663655
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