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Book Synopsis
Delivering Policy explores how the tension between science and politics shaped the long and fraught path to Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act.
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In Delivering Policy, Francesca Scala provides a comprehensive, fascinating and well-written study of the evolution of assisted reproductive technology policies in Canada. Through the concept of boundary work, Scala demonstrates how different actors – scientists, policy-makers, activists - have attempted to challenge, blur or reinforce the boundary between science and politics since the appointment of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies in 1989. Weaving a detailed analysis of policy documents with engaging testimonies from participants in those debates, the book ultimately presents a nuanced and persuasive account of the impact of discursive strategies and the broader political and institutional contexts.
-- Prize Jury, 2020 Donald Smiley Prize
Table of Contents
1 Politics, Science, and ARTs Policy in Canada
2 Normalizing and Resisting Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives
3 Claiming and Contesting Epistemic Authority: The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
4 Science and the Public Weigh In: The Discursive Terrain of ARTs Policy Making
5 “Proceed with Care”: (Re)negotiating the Science/Politics Divide
6 Setting Boundaries and Crafting ARTs Legislation
7 Science, Boundary Work, and Parliamentary Politics: The Passing of Bill C-6
8 Understanding Boundary Work and ARTs Policy in Canada
Notes; References; Index
