The Politics of Biotechnology in North America and Europe: Policy Networks, Institutions and Internationalization

by Éric Montpetit (Editor), Christine Rothmayr (Editor), Frédéric Varone (Editor)

Overview

Biotechnology is one of the most important new issues to emerge in the knowledge economy. The Politics of Biotechnology in North America and Europe provides analysts with a perspective on policy-making in scientifically advanced countries that integrate the insights of several approaches and that display a particular sensitivity to the complexity of policy-making conjectures. This perspective allows going beyond the simplistic understandings of biotechnology policy currently prevailing. This volume provides a rigorous analysis and detailed information on biotechnology policy in nine countries. The essays included here present the results of in-depth empirical research in the area of biomedicine and agro-food biotechnology. The book is, therefore, not only of interest to policy-makers and policy analysts, but also to anyone with an interest in biotechnology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739159224
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	12/19/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Ýric Montpetit is associate professor of political science at the University of Montreal. Christine Rothmayr is assistant professor of political science at the University of Montreal. Frédéric Varone is professor of political science at the University of Geneva.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Comparing Biotechnology Policy in Europe and North America: A Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2 Trade and Human Rights: Inter- and Supranational Regulation of ART and GM Food
Chapter 3 Different Paths to the Same Result: Explaining Permissive Policies in the USA
Chapter 4 The Canadian Knowledge Economy in the Shadow of the United Kingdom and the United States
Chapter 5 A Contrast of Two Sectors in the British Knowledge Economy
Chapter 6 Policy Mediation of Tensions Regarding Biotechnology in France
Chapter 7 ART and GMO Policies in Germany: Effect of Mobilization, Issue-Coupling, and Europeanization
Chapter 8 Accommodation, Bureaucratic Politics, and Supranational Leviathan: ART and GMO Policy-Making in the Netherlands
Chapter 9 Conflict and Consensus in Belgian Biopolicies: GMO Controversy versus Biomedical Self-Regulation
Chapter 10 ARTs and GMOs in Sweden: Explaining the Differences in Policy Design
Chapter 11 Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Non-EU Membership?Different Institutions, Similar Policies
Chapter 12 Regulating ART and GMOs in Europe and North America: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis