A Policy Network Explanation of Biotechnology Policy Differences between the United States and Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Éric Montpetit (0000-0003-3470-0657, Université de Montréal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 339-366 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x05000358 |
| OpenAlex | W2130533702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 15 |
Canada has a more restrictive biotechnology policy than the United States. Adopting a similar-cases-research-design, this article shows that policy networks explain this difference. The overlapping nature and the boundary between the multiple networks relevant to biotechnology in each country are distinct. In the United States, two policy networks deal with biotechnology. One primarily handles agricultural plants, while the other deals with food; key state actors overlap. In contrast, networks in Canada are separated between those dealing with regulation with two overlapping networks assessing environmental and health risks, and a network to manage biotechnology promotion. Promotion and regulation thus constitute a network boundary in Canada, but not in the United States, where networks deal with these two issues simultaneously. American networks have promoted beliefs favourable to more permissive regulatory preferences than the Canadian environmental and health risk assessment networks and American biotechnology policies are therefore even more permissive than those of Canada
Agricultural biotechnology · Agriculture · Biology · Business · Economics · International trade · Permissive · Political science · Promotion (chess · Public economics · State (computer science · Biotechnology · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Computer Science · Ecology · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Genetics · Law · Organic Food and Agriculture
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |