Biotecnología en las pampas: Ciencia y política en la Argentina de la última reinstauración democrática

Abstract

This paper explores the relationships between scientific management and politics in Argentina during the 1980s and 1990s, in regards to the foundation of what was to be the main Institute of Biotechnology, the INTECH. Based on this reality, it focuses on the scientific perspectives of authorities looking to promote specific actions, such as bringing back expatriated researchers, e.g., summoning a Nobel Prize recipient, as well as a figure of widespread popularity in the mass media. In this context, there were particular political and economic positions that determined the possibility of development of science in Argentina.