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Path Dependence and Value-Driven Issue: The Comparative Politics of Stem Cell Research
Ist Teil von
World politics, 2005-01, Vol.57 (2), p.200-230
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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The politics of stem cell research poses a puzzle: the explanation of different national responses to the same scientific breakthroughs. Policy struggles across the major scientific powers have revolved around similar values -- the protection of human life & solidarity with the sick but generated very different regulatory outcomes. Bringing in historical & institutional legacies can shed light on those differences. The article develops an analytical framework around the path-dependent effects of state institutions on value-driven issues & applies it to the politics of stem cell research in the United Kingdom & Germany. Historical institutionalism, it argues, can be extended beyond the study of political economy & the welfare state to issues marked by sharp value conflict. 4 Figures. Adapted from the source document.