What is poststructuralist science and technology policy analysis?; molecular biology and the rewriting of life - origins of American and European genetic engineering policies; molecularizing risk - the Asilomar legacy in the United States and in Europe; myths, industries and policies of biotechnology -between basic research and bio-society; deconstructing genetic engineering; hegemonic crisis and the remaking of regulatory space in Europe; genetic engineering, identity politics and poststructuralist policy analysis; interviews conducted, 1988-1992.
"Gottweis has written a wide-ranging political history of the early decadesof biotechnology policy in Europe. This is an important contribution topost-structuralist scholarship on policymaking. For those who think thatregulating genetic engineering is just a matter of getting the scienceright, this book will come as a revelation." Sheila Jasanoff , John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Gottweis has written a wide-ranging political history of the early decadesof biotechnology policy in Europe. This is an important contribution topost-structuralist scholarship on policymaking. For those who think thatregulating genetic engineering is just a matter of getting the scienceright, this book will come as a revelation." Sheila Jasanoff , John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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