Biosecurity

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

3. Biosecurity in the International Arena

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health

      • Filippa Lentzos

      Pages 25-40

   3. The Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control

      • James Revill, Malcolm Dando

      Pages 41-59

   4. Science of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science

      • Koos van der Bruggen

      Pages 60-78

   5. Biosecurity at the OECD

      • David B. Sawaya

      Pages 79-97

   6. Clarifying Biosecurity Terminology: Recent Activities at the US National Academy of Sciences

      • Benjamin Rusek

      Pages 98-117

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

      • Chandré 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

      • Chandré Gould

      Pages 238-241

5. Back Matter

   Pages 242-250

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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.

• aspects of life
• Germany
• life sciences
• prevention
• terrorism
• transformation

• Technology and Public Affairs, University of Exeter, UK

  Brian Rappert

• Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

  Chandré 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.

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