Global Politics of Embryonic Stem Cell Science

Herbert Gottweis is Professor at the Department of Political Science and Director of the Life Science Governance Research Platform at the University of Vienna, Austria. His books include Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective (with A. Petersen) and Governing Molecules: The Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and in the United States. Brian Salter is Professor of Politics and Director of the Global Biopolitics Research Group in the Centre for Biomedicine and Society at King's College London, UK. A political scientist, his books include The New Politics of Medicine and The Politics of Change in the Health Service, on the dynamics of power in the policy arenas of biotechnology, health and education and acted as a policy adviser to national and international bodies. Catherine Waldby is Associate Professor and International Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Sydney. Her books include (with Robert Mitchell) Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism.Gottweis, Herbert is the author of 'Global Politics of Embryonic Stem Cell Science ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780230002630 and ISBN 0230002633.