Democratising science? The politics of promoting biomedicine in Singapore's developmental state

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-86

  Holden, Kerry ^a   Demeritt, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MEDICINE; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 40949126194     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d461t     Document Type: Article

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