Format:
1 online resource (321 pages)
ISBN:
9780804774475
Content:
Biosecurity in the Global Age comprehensively analyzes the security threats that biological weapons and naturally occurring infectious diseases pose to societies in the early 21st century. The book explains how these weapons and infectious diseases create security challenges, analyzes each of these threats in detail, and explores the new governance strategies emerging to address these rapidly changing problems.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Biosecurity and Biological Weapons -- 2. The Problem of Biological Weapons -- 3. The New World of Biological Weapons Governance -- Part II: Biosecurity and Public Health -- 4. The Securitization of Public Health -- 5. The New World of Public Health Governance -- Part III: Biosecurity, the Rule of Law, and Globalized Governance -- 6. Biosecurity and the Rule of Law -- 7. Globalizing Governance -- 8. Conclusion -- Annex 1: U .S. Government Select Agent List -- Annex 2: Geneva Protocol of 1925 -- Annex 3: Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 -- Annex 4: Provisions Connected to Human Rights in the International Health Regulations (2005) -- List of References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804750295
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804750295
Language:
English
