The Politics of Animal Experimentation [electronic resource] /
Lyons, Dan.author.
The reality of animal experimentation and its regulation in Britain have been hidden behind a curtain of secrecy since its emergence as a political controversy in the 1870s. Public debate and political science alike have been severely hampered by a profound lack of reliable information about the practice. In this remarkable study, Dan Lyons advances and applies policy network analysis to investigate the evolution of British animal research policy-making.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Animal protection, animal research and political science; Advancing knowledge of British animal research policy; Improving public debate and democratic accountability; Outline of chapters; 2 Towards a Dynamic Model of British Policy Networks; Introduction; The nature of power in British politics; The Westminster model; The differentiated polity model; The asymmetric power model; Policy network analysis and the Marsh and Rhodes typology; Policy communities; Issue networks
Policy network membership, definition and boundariesSummary; Policy network dynamics: the dialectical interaction between exogenous factors and endogenous factors; Categorising degrees of policy change; Exogenous factors; Economic factors; The ideological and cultural context; Developments in knowledge and technology; The political and institutional context; Endogenous network factors; Endogenous dynamics through policy communities and issue networks; Learning dynamics in policy networks; Bureaucratic and implementation structures; The role of agency; Conclusion
3 The 'Animal Research Issue Network' Thesis: A CritiqueIntroduction; The Garner analysis; Garner's 'Animal Research Issue Network' Thesis; The network's origins and the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act: regulating or facilitating animal experiments?; The evolution of the network and the implementation of the 1876 Act until 1950: persistent issue network or transformation to policy community?; Post-war politicisation and legislative change: dynamic conservatism or genuine response to public concern?
Implementation of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986: balancing of interests or symbolic reassurance?The Animal Procedures Committee; The Three Rs'; Group-state interactions; The operation of the cost-benefit assessment; Network structure, network interactions, and exogenous factors; Conclusion; 4 Theory and Method in the Study of Animal Research Policy; Introduction; Towards a critical realist methodology; Applying new institutionalism; Historical institutionalism and path dependency; Structure and agency: the need for reconciliation, not vacillation
New institutionalism and critical realist epistemologyMethodological implications of critical realism; The role of case studies; Data collection; Constraints on collecting data; Data relating to the historical evolution of animal research policy; Obtaining primary data; The emergence of primary documents; The Imutran xenotransplantation research case study; The limits of the methodology; Conclusion; 5 The 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act: Protection for Animals or Animal Researchers?; Introduction; The emergence of animal experimentation on to the political agenda
The philosophical, religious and cultural roots of vivisectionist and anti-vivisectionist thought
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The reality of animal experimentation and its regulation in Britain have been hidden behind a curtain of secrecy since its emergence as a political controversy in the 1870s. Public debate and political science alike have been severely hampered by a profound lack of reliable information about the practice. In this remarkable study, Dan Lyons advances and applies policy network analysis to investigate the evolution of British animal research policy-making.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Ethics.
Zoology.
Public policy.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Zoology.
Public Policy.