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Governing Molecules: The Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and the United States

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 September 2000
Daniel Lee Kleinman, Herbert Gottweis
Citations179
SJR quartileQ4
SJR score0.12
SNIP0.23

Abstract

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.

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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceArts and Humanities