Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries - The Science-Industrial Complex (Paperback, 1st ed. 2007)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	D West
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
Edition:	1st ed. 2007
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-53380-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Research & development management Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General
LSN:	1-349-53380-7
Barcode:	9781349533800

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