{"product_id":"9781403972514","title":"Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries: The Science-Industrial Complex","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBiotechnology Policy across National Boundaries: The Science-Industrial Complex\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWest, D.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2007-06-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781403972514\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230605688\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 192\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431346946188,"sku":"9781403972514","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403972514.jpg?v=1775885557","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781403972514","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}