In the 1990's the ownership and control of information generated by British science base has been transformed by a combination of regulatory changes designed to promote "the creation of wealth." This topical book provides a unique set of perspectives on a different regulatory mechanisms set out to achieve this. The contributors draw on new data and analysis to give a critique of political, economic, ethical, technological, and geographical issues related to the allocation of resources to science and technology, the control and use of the information generated in the context, and the operation of regulatory agencies.
Author(s): Helen Lawton-Smith
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 288
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Notes on the Contributors......Page 8
I Introduction......Page 14
1 The context for science and technology regulation......Page 16
II The Issues......Page 44
2 The political economy of public science: a contribution to the regulation of science and technology......Page 46
3 Can basic science be valued?......Page 71
4 What higher educational system will there be to regulate?......Page 81
5 Can managed public science enhance wealth and quality of life? A process industries view......Page 98
III The International Context......Page 108
6 The Evolution of European science and technology policy and its links to the cohesion agenda......Page 110
7 The creation of harmonised patent protection in Europe......Page 140
8 How has tax affected the changing cost of R&D? Evidence from eight countries......Page 149
9 Reconstructing the local and global: Europeanisation, regulation and changing knowledge relations......Page 174
IV Regulation in Practice......Page 190
10 The globalisation of environmental and consumer protection regulation: resources and accountability......Page 192
11 Science and technology in the defence industries: the growing influence of transnational industrial–governmental networks......Page 214
12 The political economy of medicines regulation in Britain......Page 234
C......Page 277
D......Page 278
E......Page 279
H......Page 281
M......Page 282
P......Page 283
R......Page 284
T......Page 285
W......Page 286
Z......Page 287
