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dc.contributor.authorPatapan, Haig
dc.contributor.editorHeazle, M
dc.contributor.editorKane, J
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T23:04:50Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T23:04:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-138-91907-5
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781315688060
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143496
dc.description.abstractThis chapter shows how the tension between science and politics manifests itself in practice by focusing on the case of biotechnology. Biotechnology, along with computing, nanotechnology and particle physics, is a new science with revolutionary potential. It describes how the history of biotechnology reveals a dynamic interchange between science and politics, where scientific innovation is funded, supported by politics and shaped by national and commercial interests. Though science is an important partner in this relationship, what people discern from this account is the overarching dominance of politics and commerce in directing scientific innovation. The authoritative influence of politics conceals a more powerful scientific impulse that seems impervious to political control. Biotechnological challenges to politics are usually interpreted or defined as 'ethical' problems that can be resolved with suitable examination, discussion and debate.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317420026/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315688060-9
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitlePolicy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority: Knowledge and Action in Liberal Democracies
dc.relation.ispartofchapter9
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom165
dc.relation.ispartofpageto184
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440899
dc.titleDrifting to New Worlds: On Politics and Science in Modern Biotechnology
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
dc.description.versionSubmitted Manuscript (SM)
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Policy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority: Knowledge and action in Liberal Democracies on 5 October 2015, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315688060
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gro.griffith.authorPatapan, Haig


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