TY - BOOK ID - 30707673 TI - Governing molecules : the discursive politics of genetic engineering in Europe and the United States PY - 1998 SN - 0262274140 0585076111 9780262274142 9780585076119 0262071894 PB - Cambridge, Mass. London MIT Press DB - UniCat KW - Genetic engineering KW - Biotechnology KW - Genetic Engineering KW - Politics KW - Government Regulation KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Government policy KW - Designed genetic change KW - Engineering, Genetic KW - Gene splicing KW - Genetic intervention KW - Genetic surgery KW - Government Regulation and Oversight KW - Government Regulations KW - Regulation, Government KW - Regulations, Government KW - Conservatism KW - Decentralization KW - Liberalism KW - Political Factors KW - Voting KW - Political Activity KW - Activities, Political KW - Activity, Political KW - Factor, Political KW - Factors, Political KW - Political Activities KW - Political Factor KW - Intervention, Genetic KW - Genetic Intervention KW - Genetic Interventions KW - Interventions, Genetic KW - Biotechnologies KW - Genetic recombination KW - Transgenic organisms KW - Dissent and Disputes KW - Cloning, Molecular KW - DNA, Recombinant KW - Industrial Microbiology KW - Artificial Gene Fusion KW - Organisms, Genetically Modified KW - Animals, Genetically Modified KW - Plants, Genetically Modified KW - United States KW - Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30707673 AB - Scientists, investors, policymakers, the media, and the general public have all displayed continuing interest in the commercial promise and the potential dangers of genetic engineering. In this book, Herbert Gottweis explains how genetic engineering became so controversial - a technology that some seek to promote by any means and others want to block entirely. Beginning with a clear exposition of poststructuralist theory and of its implications for research methodology, Gottweis takes a novel approach to political analysis, emphasizing the role of narratives in the development of policy. ER -