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Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question
Andrew (Ed) Lakoff
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Description for Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question
Hardback. Editor(s): Lakoff, Andrew (University of California, San Diego); Collier, Stephen J. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 548.
In recent years, new disease threats--such as SARS, avian flu, mad cow disease, and drug-resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis--have garnered media attention and galvanized political response. Proposals for new approaches to "securing health" against these threats have come not only from public health and medicine but also from such fields as emergency management, national security, and global humanitarianism. This volume provides a map of this complex and rapidly transforming terrain. The editors focus on how experts, public officials, and health practitioners work to define what it means to "secure health" through concrete practices such as global humanitarian logistics, pandemic ... Read more
In recent years, new disease threats--such as SARS, avian flu, mad cow disease, and drug-resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis--have garnered media attention and galvanized political response. Proposals for new approaches to "securing health" against these threats have come not only from public health and medicine but also from such fields as emergency management, national security, and global humanitarianism. This volume provides a map of this complex and rapidly transforming terrain. The editors focus on how experts, public officials, and health practitioners work to define what it means to "secure health" through concrete practices such as global humanitarian logistics, pandemic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
A Columbia / SSRC Book
Condition
New
Weight
547g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146067
SKU
V9780231146067
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About Andrew (Ed) Lakoff
Andrew Lakoff is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the Program in Science Studies, University of California, San Diego. His book Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry examines epistemological debates on the source of mental disorders. His current work focuses on the development of techniques of preparedness among security experts in the United States. Stephen ... Read more
Reviews for Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question
a thought-provoking volume that provides an important look into how far-reaching biosecurity is, while illustrating the ambiguities that still remain. Somatosphere Provides insight into the complexity behind what it means to 'secure health.'
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