Abstract
This chapter consists of a comparative analysis of emerging debates on synthetic biology in the European Union, China and India. After briefly introducing synthetic biology as a new and emerging science, it maps and compares the emerging debates on synthetic biology in the three regions, focusing on a number of different discourses respectively relating to innovation, risk, and power and control. In addition, the chapter discusses and analyses the role of public and ethics debates as crosscutting and reflective discourses. It considers how these discourses have evolved, what the dominant themes and issues are, which actors are involved and how the discourses have been informed by the value systems and socioeconomic development in the three regions. In conclusion the governance challenges resulting from these discourses are considered.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Science and technology governance and ethics |
| Subtitle of host publication | a global perspective from Europe, India and China |
| Editors | M. Ladikas, S. Chaturvedi, Y. Zhao, D. Stemerding |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 145-163 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-14693-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-14692-8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Discourse
- Ethics
- Policy
- Synthetic biology
- Values