Stem Cell Policies in the United States and in Germany |
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| Authors: | Herbert Gottweis |
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| Affiliation: | Herbert Gottweis;is a professor of political science at the University of Vienna, Austria. He taught previously at Cornell University, Hong University of Science and Technology, and the University of Salzburg. Among his books is Governing Molecules: The Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and in the United States (MIT Press, 1998). Gottweis is currently working on a book on stem cell and cloning policies in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Israel. |
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| Abstract: | The article compares policymaking in the field of human embryonic stem cell research in the United States and in Germany. Although experimental research with human stem cells is controversial in both countries, restrictions on research are much more strict in Germany than in the United States. In order to explain the contrast between the United States and Germany in dealing with human embryonic stem cell research and to predict possible future developments, we need to look carefully at a number of important differences in the interpretations and discourses of embryonic stem cell research and their consequences for the strategies of institutions and actors in the political-regulatory realm. |
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