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

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.

List 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

About the author

Edited by Montpetit, Éric; Christine Rothmayr and Varone, Frédéric - Contributions by Éric Montpetit; Frédéric Varone; Gabriele Abels; Francis Garon; Francesca Scala; Nathalie Schiffino and Arco Timmermans

Product details

• Authors: Montpetit Éric, Éric Montpetit, Éric Rothmayr Montpetit
• Assisted by: &. Montpetit (Editor), Éric Montpetit (Editor), Christine Rothmayr (Editor), Rothmayr Christine (Editor), Fr& Varone (Editor), Frédéric Varone (Editor), Fréeacutedéri Varone (Editor), Fréeacutedéric Varone (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2006
• EAN: 9780739112472
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1247-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Europe, North America, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, biotechnology, North America (USA and Canada), Biomedical engineering