Svea Luise Herrmann

Policy Debates on Reprogenetics

The Problematisation of New Research in Great Britain and Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

Policy Debates on Reprogenetics takes an in-depth look at recent public policy debates over stem cell research and therapeutic cloning in Great Britain and Germany in order to determine the effect of such debates on the progress of scientific knowledge. Svea Luise Herrmann argues that debates about government policy do not tend to lead to more societal and political control over scientific research; rather, the discussions, when framed as questions of ethics, allow societies to air anxieties without retarding or challenging scientific progress. As our understanding of genetics continues to grow, this volume will be a useful resource for scientists and policy makers alike.

In vielen europäischen Ländern wurden reprogenetische Praktiken, wie embryonale Stammzellenforschung, Präimplantationsdiagnostik oder das Klonen zu Forschungszwecken kontrovers diskutiert. Inwieweit haben diese öffentlichen Debatten Einfluss auf politische Steuerung wissenschaftlicher Entwicklung? An Deutschland und Großbritannien zeigt die Autorin, dass der Ausweitung "bioethischer" öffentlicher Debatten nicht notwendigerweise eine Demokratisierung der Forschungspolitik folgt.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Campus Verlag / University of Chicago Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 38792
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 141mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9783593387925
• ISBN-10: 3593387921
• Artikelnr.: 25663173

Autorenporträt

Svea Luise Herrmann, Dr. phil., ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Projekt "Eugenics and Restorative Justice" an der Uni Hannover.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements9
Introduction11

Theoretical Framework 21

1 Public Policy Analysis: How to Approach Reprogenetics Policy Discourse?21
1.1 Interpretive Approaches to Policy Discourse23
1.2 Policy Analysis as Discourse Analysis30
1.3 Discourse Stimulation37

2 The Relation between Science, Technology, and Society44
2.1 From a Deficit Model to the Ethnographic Turn in Public Understanding of Science44
2.2 Towards more Participation and Integration of the Public in Science Policy48

3 Great Britain: To Clone or Not to Clone?58
3.1 Historical Background58
3.2 The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act59
3.3 The Conflicts on GMO and BSE63
3.4 Debate on 'Therapeutic' Cloning: How it All Began65
3.5 Public Concerns versus Scientific Development:
3.6 Let's Consult the Public!85
3.7 A New Problem: Britain is Seriously Ill or 'Medical Progress with Responsibility'93
3.8 A Question of Rights and Individual Moral Responsibility104
3.9 Conclusion: 'Great British Science'117

4 Germany: The Debate on Embryo Protection121
4.1 Historical Background122
4.2 The German Embryo Protection Act: History and Content128
4.3 Formation of an Anti-Bioethics Alliance: Problematising Bioethics Discourses. 135
4.4 The Debate on Embryo Protection: Setting the Agenda142
4.5 The 'Years of Biopolitics'155
4.6 Import Stem Cells Now! More Pressures167
4.7 A Speaking Cure for Conflicts? The Institutionalisation of Discourse173
4.8 Advisory Statements: The Status of the Embryo and Freedom of Research188
4.9 Decision-Making Case by Case198
4.10 Conclusion: Germany-A Struggle over Problematisations201

Conclusion: Problematisation, Discourse Stimulation,
and Ongoing Scientific Research204

Abbreviations215
References 217