Biosecurity : origins, transformations and practices /

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Imprint:	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:	xiv, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New security challenges series New security challenges series.
Subject:	Biological arms control. Biological weapons. Bioterrorism -- Prevention. Biological arms control. Biological weapons. Bioterrorism -- Prevention.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7913724

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Other authors / contributors:	Rappert, Brian. Gould, Chandrʹe.
ISBN:	9780230223561 (hardback) 0230223567 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1. The Definitions, Uses, and Implications of Biosecurity
Part I. Biosecurity in the International Arena
2. The Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health
3. The Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control
4. Science of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science
5. Biosecurity at the OECD
6. Clarifying Biosecurity Terminology: Recent Activities at the US National Academy of Sciences
Part II. In Comparison
7. The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor
8. Dealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan
9. Biosecurity in New Zealand
10. Biological Weapons Prevention in South Africa
11. Biosecurity in Argentina
12. Strategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany
13. Conclusion
Index

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