Author: Scoones, Ian

Source: Science and Public Policy, Volume 34, Number 4, May 2007 , pp. 261-271(11)

Publisher: Beech Tree Publishing

Abstract:

A new style of politics and policy-making is emerging in the 'new economy' era in India, and in Bangalore, Karnataka in particular. This is dominated by a science-business elite who present a particular vision of the future to the exclusion of others. This paper tells the story of the making of the Karnataka Millennium Biotechnology Policy, asking what policy-making means in practice, who are the policy-makers and what are the technical, political and bureaucratic processes underlying policymaking? By examining the contested politics of biotechnology, the paper examines the limits to such elite-driven, technocratic approaches in the democratic context of India, pointing to the need for more inclusive and accountable policy processes in the future.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3152/030234207X214714

Publication date: 2007-05-01

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