Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0230223567 ISBN 13: 9780230223561

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term 'biosecurity'. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the life sciences to be used for destructive purposes.

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BRIAN RAPPERT is Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, UK. His previous books include <em>Experimental Secrets</em>; <em>Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits</em>; <em>Controlling the Weapons of War</em>; <em>Technology and Security</em> (edited).<br><br>CHANDRÉ GOULD is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa. Her previous books include <em>Secrets and Lies, Wouter Basson and the South African Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme</em>; <em>Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa</em> (edited) and <em>Selling Sex in Cape Town: Sex Work and Human Trafficking in a South African City</em>. <br>

BRIAN RAPPERT is Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, UK. His previous books include Experimental Secrets; Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits; Controlling the Weapons of War; Technology and Security (edited).

CHANDRÉ GOULD is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa. Her previous books include Secrets and Lies, Wouter Basson and the South African Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme; Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa (edited) and Selling Sex in Cape Town: Sex Work and Human Trafficking in a South African City.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0230223567
• ISBN 13: 9780230223561
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Redattore: Rappert Brian, Gould Chandr
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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