| Revista: | Journal of technology management & innovation |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000416598 |
| ISSN: | 0718-2724 |
| Autores: | Mugwagwa, Julius1 |
| Instituciones: | 1The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Reino Unido |
| Año: | 2011 |
| Volumen: | 6 |
| Número: | 3 |
| Paginación: | 31-47 |
| País: | Chile |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Crítico |
| Resumen en inglés | This paper is based on a study which investigated both existing and new regulatory responses to food emergencies and bigger challenges presented by modern gene-based biotechnologies. In particular, this paper looks at the challenge of cross-national cooperation in regulation of these technologies in southern Africa. One response to this challenge which has dominated policy agendas in the region for a long time, and with more prominence after the 2002-2003 food emergency, is that of harmonisation of national biosafety regulatory systems. Harmonisation is touted by its promoters as one way in which countries can buttress weaker national and sub-national regulatory capacities, and develop synergies that will place them in a strong position to deal with the dynamic challenges presented by modern biotechnologies. The desire for cross-national cooperation in biotechnology management was investigated from the broader perspective of policy convergence, with harmonization being but one of the mechanisms towards the policy convergence. A number of factors facilitating or inhibiting policy convergence were identified, including but not limited to cultural, institutional, socio-economic and policy community attributes. The paper concludes that an understanding of these factors is crucial if grounded empirical and theoretical proposals on cross-national policy convergence are to be advanced |
| Disciplinas: | Ciencia y tecnología |
| Palabras clave: | Ciencias naturales, Biotecnología, Africa, Tecnología, Biología |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
