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<P>In <I>Research as Development</I>, Salla Sariola and Bob Simpson show how international collaboration operates in a setting that is typically portrayed as "resource-poor" and "scientifically lagging." Based on their long-term fieldwork in Sri Lanka, Sariola and Simpson bring into clear ethnographic focus the ways international scientific collaborations feature prominently in the pursuit of global health in which research operates "as" development and not merely "for" it. </P><P>The authors follow the design, inception, and practice of two clinical trials: one a global health charity funded trial and the other a pharmaceutical industry-sponsored trial. Research as Development situates these two trials within their historical, political and cultural contexts and thus counters the idea that local actors are merely passive recipients of new technical and scientific rationalities. </P><P>While social studies of clinical trials are beginning to be an established niche in academic writing, <I>Research as Development</I> helps fill important gaps in the literature through its examination of clinical research situated in cultures in low-income settings. <I>Research as Development</I> is

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Author

Sariola, Salla;Simpson, Bob

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501733604

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine