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. INDICE: The Definitions, Uses and Implications of Biosecurity; B.Rappert -PART I: BIOSECURITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA - The Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health; F.Lentzos - The Rise ofBiosecurity in International Arms Control; J.Revill ; M.Dando - Science of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science; K.van der Bruggen - Biosecurity at the OECD; D.B.Sawaya - Clarifying Biosecurity Terms: Recent Activities at the U.S. National Academies; B.Rusek - PART II: IN COMPARISON - The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor; M.Barr - Dealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan; K.Furukawa - Biosecurity in New Zealand; T.Dunworth - Biological Weapons Prevention in South Africa; C.Gould - Biosecurity in Argentina; M.Lema - Strategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany; J.B.Tucker -Conclusion; C.Gould
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22356-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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