...Pamela J. Asquith Biotechnology in Japan . By Malcolm V. Brock . London and New York : Routledge , 1989 . xiv, 156 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 407 realism" from "revolutionary idealism." In the final chapter, he creates...

... is essentially impossible. With no reliable official panopticon, and state interests in dissimulation, Greenpeace has taken up monitoring and publicizing illicit GMOs. Much unauthorized biotechnology would otherwise remain unknown; but accuracy remains questionable, since Greenpeace has interests of its own...

... toward the furthering of biopolitical power. It compares five strategic industries in India—atomic energy, space, electronics, biotechnology and telecommunications—and shows that no single factor is responsible for technological success or failure. Outcomes depend on the strength of political networks...

... (nawabari is "roping off," and arasoi is "struggle") is concerned with bureaucratic battles between ministries for competing goals. By applying these approaches together to analyze biotechnology policy, The Triple N synthesis provides the backdrop against which to place the actual actors (government...

... 2020 In this transnational twenty-first century, Asian countries have tried to harness biotechnology as an alternative way to increase economic productivity, promote health and wealth, and to ensure national security. Several notable entrepreneurial successes in biotechnology have emerged in Asia...

... the Long March, and especially during the many conferences along the way, is the most thorough treatment of that topic to date. PETER J. SEYBOLT University of Vermont JAPAN Biotechnology in Japan. By MALCOLM V. BROCK. London and New York: Routledge, 1989- xiv, 156 pp. Analyses ofJapan's postwar industrial...

... still present. A chapter on biotechnology shows how Mongolians make do. Before 1991 there was nancial support for over eighty scienti c research institutes in Mongolia, including around eight million dollars to improve biotechnology. Then the nancial support diminished. The 1995 national budget...

.... By V A N D A N A S H I V A , et al. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. 123 pp. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, a carefully crafted and thoroughly pragmatic treaty on biodiversity preservation was rejected by a United States fearful of jeopardizing its biotechnology industry and unwilling...

... A S I A N S T U D I E S nizing human culture with nature. The chapter on environmental policy proposes to create a common awareness and way of thinking based on the indigenous values still present. A chapter on biotechnology shows how Mongolians make do. Before 1991 there was nancial support for over...

... A S H I V A , et al. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. 123 pp. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, a carefully crafted and thoroughly pragmatic treaty on biodiversity preservation was rejected by a United States fearful of jeopardizing its biotechnology industry and unwilling to transfer new...

... extreme positions. Hugh Patrick, an economist, and Daniel Okimoto, a political scientist, review the course ofJapanese industrial policy in a comparative context. Another economist, Gary Saxonhouse, provides a case study of biotechnology and macroeconomic factors associated with Japanese industrial policy...

... a case study of biotechnology and macroeconomic factors associated with Japanese industrial policy. Kenichi Imai, a management specialist, writes mainly about the information industry. Kozo Yamamura, an economist and economic historian, discusses joint research projects and antitrust policy, and Yasuke...

... of the most influential, prolific, and celebrated scholars writing about Asia over the past four decades, Scott has shaped the direction of a number of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The forum examines the impact of Scott's oeuvre in the fields of biotechnology, history, peasant studies...

... is this more evident than in Singapore's efforts to become a biomedical hub. The Singapore government, after intensive market research and consultation, identified “biotechnology as the industrial driver with the best job and export prospects, given Singapore's resource base, the emerging demands for health...

... importance of environmental law and regulation in such countries as China, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Except for Pineda-Ofreneo's study and a brief treatment of biotechnology by Nagesh Kumor, there is only scattered coverage of technical assistance and technology diffusion. Nevertheless, the book...

.... There is an extraordinary sentence in the chapter, "with regard to the agro and food-processing industry, one must always take into account the number of vegetarians in the country, and the fact that air conditioning is a must in all cars. . . . " Chapter 11, "Biotechnology and the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry...

... by doing so to forestall another agricultural revolution based on biotechnology. But she blames both revolutions on the same general forces that Alvares condemns. Both of them condemn science and development as negative, destructive, unnatural forces. Alvares aligns science, development, and violence...

... the number of vegetarians in the country, and the fact that air conditioning is a must in all cars. . . . " Chapter 11, "Biotechnology and the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry," by Shyama V. Ramani and M. S. Venkataramani, is an informative survey of that industry. It is impossible to know who to blame...

... Czars and the Indian Middle Class,” a foray into STS. The author assesses the records of five different “strategic industries” in India in different periods: “atomic energy, space, electronics, biotechnology and telecommunications.” He concludes that, despite the “persistence” of narratives...

... on. After identifying the "ailments," the author, a journalist writing for English publications in Japan for more than a decade, gives his suggested "remedies." In his view, the "sunrise" industries that are creating new materials or are associated with the current biotechnology boom may provide new...