Governing Molecules the Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and the United States
- List Price: $55.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Mit Pr
- Publish date: 12/01/1998
Drawing on more than eighty in-depth interviews and extensive archival work, Gottweis traces today's controversy back to the sociopolitical and scientific origins of molecular biology, paying particular attention to its relationship to eugenics. He argues that a number of mutually reinforcing political and scientific strategies have attempted to turn genes into objects of technological intervention -- to make them "governable". Gottweis argues that it was the struggle over boundaries and representations of genetic engineering, politics, and society that defined the political dynamics of the drafting of risk regulations in these countries. In a key chapter on biotechnology research, industry, and supporting technology policies, Gottweis demonstrates that the interpretation of genetic engineering as the core of a new "high technology" industry was part of a policy myth and an expression of identity politics. He suggests that under postmodern conditions a major strategy for avoiding policy failure is to create conditions that ensure tolerance and respect for the multiplicity of socially available policy narratives and reality interpretations.
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