{"product_id":"molecular-politics-susan-wright-9780226910666","title":"Molecular Politics: Developing American and British Regulatory Policy for Genetic Engineering, 1972-1982","description":"The promise of genetic engineering in the early 1970s to profoundly reshape the living world activated a variety of social interests in its future promotion and control. With public safety, gene patents, and the future of genetic research at stake, a wide range of interest groups competed for control over this powerful new technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this comparative study of the development of regulatory policy for genetic engineering in the United States and the United Kingdom, Susan Wright analyzes government responses to the struggles among corporations, scientists, universities, trade unions, and public interest groups over regulating this new field. Drawing on archival materials, government records, and interviews with industry executives, politicians, scientists, trade unionists, and others on both sides of the Atlantic, \u003ci\u003eMolecular Politics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive account of a crucial set of policy decisions and explores their implications for the political economy of science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy combining methods from political science and the history of science, Wright advances a provocative interpretation of the evolution of genetic engineering policy and makes a major contribution to science and public policy studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226910660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226910666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.08w x 1.31d","brand":"Susan Wright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448781189375,"sku":"9780226910666","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fccf08e-a36e-4fec-a855-33184300eab7.jpg?v=1777260511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/molecular-politics-susan-wright-9780226910666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}