Screen LibraryBiosecurity：origins, transformations and practices
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Basingstoke [England] New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New security challenges series |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 250 p. .: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230223561 (hardback) 0230223567 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | E931 |
| CLC: | E931 |
| Call Number: | E931/B616-4 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The definitions, uses and implications of biosecurity / Brian Rappert -- pt. 1. Biosecurity in the international arena. The pre-history of biosecurity : strategies of managing risks to collective health / Filippa Lentzos ; The rise of biosecurity in international arms control / James Revill and Malcolm Dando ; Science of mass destruction : how biosecurity became an issue for academies of science / Koos van der Bruggen ; Biosecurity at the OECD / David B. Sawaya ; Clarifying biosecurity terminology : recent activities at the US National Academy of Sciences / Benjamin Rusek. "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"--Provided by publisher. |