Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices (New Security Challenges)
Katsuhisa Furukawa, James Revill, Malcolm Dando, Koos Van Der Bruggen, David B. Sawaya, Benjamin Rusek, Flippa Lentzos, Jonathan B. Tucker
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Hardcover. 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. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPWL; JWMC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
New Security Challenges
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230223561
SKU
V9780230223561
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About Katsuhisa Furukawa, James Revill, Malcolm Dando, Koos Van Der Bruggen, David B. Sawaya, Benjamin Rusek, Flippa Lentzos, Jonathan B. Tucker
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 ... Read more
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