Biosecurity
Subtitle: origins, transformations and practices
By: edited by Brian Rappert, Chandré Gould.
Contributors: Rappert, Brian.; Gould, Chandré.
Series: New security challenges
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230223561
Subjects: Biological arms control; Biological weapons; Bioterrorism -- Prevention
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: The Definitions, Uses and Implications of Biosecurity; title: B.RappertPART I: BIOSECURITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENAThe Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health; title: F.LentzosThe Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control; title: J.Revill &; title: M.DandoScience of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science; title: K.van der BruggenBiosecurity at the OECD; title: D.B.SawayaClarifying Biosecurity Terms: Recent Activities at the U.S. National Academies; title: B.RusekPART II: IN COMPARISON The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor; title: M.BarrDealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan; title: K.FurukawaBiosecurity in New Zealand; title: T.DunworthBiological Weapons Prevention in South Africa; title: C.GouldBiosecurity in Argentina; title: M.LemaStrategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany; title: J.B.TuckerConclusion; title: C.Gould The Definitions, Uses and Implications of Biosecurity; title: B.RappertPART I: BIOSECURITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENAThe Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health; title: F.LentzosThe Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control; title: J.Revill &amp; title: M.DandoScience of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science; title: K.van der BruggenBiosecurity at the OECD; title: D.B.SawayaClarifying Biosecurity Terms: Recent Activities at the U.S. National Academies; title: B.RusekPART II: IN COMPARISON The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor; title: M.BarrDealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan; title: K.FurukawaBiosecurity in New Zealand; title: T.DunworthBiological Weapons Prevention in South Africa; title: C.GouldBiosecurity in Argentina; title: M.LemaStrategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany; title: J.B.TuckerConclusion; title: C.Gould.