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Biosecurity

Origins, Transformations and Practices

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Brian Rappert

    1. Technology and Public Affairs, University of Exeter, UK

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  2. Chandré Gould

    1. Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

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Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Definitions, Uses, and Implications of Biosecurity

    1. The Definitions, Uses, and Implications of Biosecurity

      • Brian Rappert
      Pages 1-21

  4. In Comparison

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor

      • Michael Barr
      Pages 121-132

    3. Dealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan

      • Katsuhisa Furukawa
      Pages 133-155

    4. Biosecurity in New Zealand

      • Treasa Dunworth
      Pages 156-170

    5. Biological Weapons Prevention in South Africa

      • ChandrĂ© Gould
      Pages 171-191

    6. Biosecurity in Argentina

      • Martin Lema
      Pages 192-212

    7. Strategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany

      • Jonathan B. Tucker
      Pages 213-237

    8. Conclusion

      • ChandrĂ© Gould
      Pages 238-241

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 242-250
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Technology and Public Affairs, University of Exeter, UK

    Brian Rappert

  • Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

    Chandré Gould

About the editors

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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