Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries : The Science-Industrial Complex / / by D. West
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| Autore: |
West Darrell M. <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries : The Science-Industrial Complex / / by D. West
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2007. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 660.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | International relations |
| International organization | |
| Biotechnology | |
| Economic development | |
| International Relations | |
| International Organization | |
| Economic Development, Innovation and Growth | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-185) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries |
| ISBN: | 9786611366117 |
| 9781281366115 | |
| 1281366110 | |
| 9780230605688 | |
| 0230605680 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910962013903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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