Three Bio-Realms : : Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada /

Three Bio-Realms : : Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada / / G.Bruce Doern, Michael J. Prince.

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Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importanc...

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Doern, G.Bruce,
Prince, Michael J.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction: Three Realms of Biotechnology
  • PART ONE. Analytical Framework and Historical Policy Context
  • 1. The Canadian State, Networked Democracy, and Science-Based Governance
  • 2. National and International Biotechnology Policy in Liberal and Conservative Government Eras
  • PART TWO. Empirical Analysis of the Changing Biotech Governance Regime
  • 3. Science and Supportive Governance
  • 4. The Bio-Food Realm: Business- Dominated Pluralistic Power
  • 5. The Bio-Health Realm: Networked Power and Governance
  • 6. The Bio-Life Realm: Playing Catchup with Self-Disciplined Power Relations
  • 7. Power, Changing Biotech Governance, and Extending Democracy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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