Biosecurity is a term with a rising currency. Yet it means different things to different people, organizations, and states around the world. For some the term means protecting and enhancing biodiversity, while for others it signals the efforts to contain animal diseases. In the post 9-11 world, biosecurity has also come to refer to the various measures envisaged and enacted to counter threats from biological weapons. In this volume, thirteen contributors explore the origins and meanings of 'biosecurity' in the context of efforts to prevent the destructive application of modern science. Biosecurity includes views from international and professional organizations, from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and from diverse countries across the globe - including China, the US, Argentina, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand and Germany.
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 of Biosecurity 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
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.
Description
Biosecurity is a term with a rising currency. Yet it means different things to different people, organizations, and states around the world. For some the term means protecting and enhancing biodiversity, while for others it signals the efforts to contain animal diseases. In the post 9-11 world, biosecurity has also come to refer to the various measures envisaged and enacted to counter threats from biological weapons. In this volume, thirteen contributors explore the origins and meanings of 'biosecurity' in the context of efforts to prevent the destructive application of modern science. Biosecurity includes views from international and professional organizations, from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and from diverse countries across the globe - including China, the US, Argentina, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand and Germany.
Contents
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 of Biosecurity 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
Authors
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.
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