Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices - Couverture rigide

Rappert, Brian; Gould, Chandré

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230223567 ISBN 13 : 9780230223561

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0230223567
• ISBN 13: 9780230223561
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
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