{"product_id":"three-biorealms-9781442611542","title":"Three BioRealms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importance of biotechnology in shaping relations between the state, science, the economy, and the citizenry, a book that explores the Canadian biotechnology regime and its place in our democracy is timelier than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Bio-Realms\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first integrated examination of the thirty-year story of the democratic governance of biotechnology in Canada. G. Bruce Doern and Michael J. Prince, two recognized specialists in governance innovation and social policy, look at particular ‘network-based’ factors that seek to promote and to regulate biotechnology inside the state as well as at broader levels. Unmatched by any other book in its historical scope and range, \u003cem\u003eThr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Abbreviations  List of Tables  INTRODUCTION: THREE REALMS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY  Purposes and Contribution  The Three Bio-Realms and Related Products and Processes  Main Arguments  Foundational Concepts and Analytical Framework  Structure of the Book  PART I: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK AND HISTORICAL POLICY CONTEXT  CHAPTER 1- THE STATE, NETWORKED DEMOCRACY AND SCIENCE-BASED GOVERNANCE  Introduction  Conceptual Foundations * Governance and Regulation* Networked Democracy and Interests* The Nature of Biotechnology and Science-based Governance The Analytical Framework: Three Core Elements * The State as Biotech Supporter and Biotech Regulator* Networked Biotech Governance Interests and Democracy* Science-based and Precautionary Governance Conclusions  CHAPTER 2- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY POLICY IN LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT ERAS  Introduction  Biotech Policy in the Trudeau and Mulroney Eras: Early Support and Major Trade and Patent Policy Impacts  Biotech Policy in the Chretien Liberal Era: Towards Better Balance amidst Extended Trade and Precautionary Norms  Biotech Policy in the Chretien, Martin and Harper Eras Since 2000:  Towards a Genome-Centred Bio-Economy?  The Core Politics Underlying International Biotech Policy  Conclusions  PART II: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGING BIOTECH-GOVERNANCE REGIME  CHAPTER 3: SCIENCE AND SUPPORTIVE GOVERNANCE  Introduction  Federal and Related Biotech Research Agencies: Networked Governance, Support and Research Conduct * National Research Council (NRC)* The Granting Councils' Networks of Centres of Excellence* Canada Foundation for Innovation* The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)* Genome Canada Biotech Policy and Advisory Bodies and Arenas of Partial Support, Debate, Criticism and Engagement * Industry Canada and Its Innovation and Related Intellectual Policy Agenda* Engaging Ministers in The Interdepartmental Bio-Policy and Bio-Governance Structure* CBAC, External Advice and Governance Through Citizen Engagement* Periodic Parliamentary and Opposition Party Involvement, Criticism and Inquiries. Biotech Policy and the Search for Technology Assessment Arenas  Conclusions  CHAPTER 4 - THE BIO-FOOD REALM: BUSINESS DOMINATED PLURALISTC POWER  Introduction  Bio-Food Regulation Making: Initial Design and Congealment under Institutionalized Pluralistic Power  Pre-Market Bio-Food Product Assessment and Approvals under Novel Food Concepts and Regulations  Product Regulation on Research on Plants with Novel Traits (PNT) and Potential Unconfined Environmental Release  Bio-Food Post Market Regulatory Monitoring  Conclusions  CHAPTER 5- THE BIO-HEALTH REALM: NETWORKED POWER AND GOVERANCE  Introduction  Changing Bio-Health Regulation and Related Policy Development  Pre-Market Assessment and Approvals of Biologics and Genetic Therapies  Post Market Regulatory Monitoring and Assessment for Funding under Medicare and Health Care Plans  Conclusions  CHAPTER 6- THE BIO-LIFE REALM: PLAYING CATCH-UP WITH SELF-DISCIPLINED POWER RELATIONS  Introduction  Bio-life Civic Regulation, Bio-Power and Bio-Politics  Bio-life Regulation and Rule-Making  Regulating Bio-life Products and Activities: The Case of Assisted Human Reproduction  Inspection, Enforcement and Post- Monitoring Bio-life Activities  Outstanding Issues, Genetic Testing, AHRA Inertia and the Politics of Implementation  Conclusions  CHAPTER 7- POWER, CHANGING BIOTECH GOVERNANCE AND EXTENDING DEMOCRACY  Introduction  Key Arguments and Related Explanations of Biotechnology Governance Regime Change  Biotechnology Governance Challenges and Extending Democracy  REFERENCES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408349307223,"sku":"9781442611542","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442611542.jpg?v=1730502546","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/three-biorealms-9781442611542","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}