Biosecurity in the global age : biological weapons, public health, and the rule of law /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fidler, David P.
Otros Autores: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, ©2008.
Temas:
Biological warfare > Prevention.
Bioterrorism > Prevention.
Biological weapons.
Public health laws.
Biological Warfare > prevention & control
Biological Warfare > legislation & jurisprudence
Biological Warfare Agents > legislation & jurisprudence
Bioterrorism > prevention & control
Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence
Armes biologiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
Biological weapons
Bioterrorism > Prevention
Public health laws
Prävention
Biologischer Krieg
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the challenge of biosecurity in the twenty-first century
  • pt. I. Biosecurity and biological weapons. The problem of biological weapons ; The new world of biological weapons governance
  • pt. II. Biosecurity and public health. The securitization of public health ; The new world of public health governance
  • pt. III. Biosecurity, the rule of law, and globalized governance. Biosecurity and the rule of law ; Globalizing governance: toward a global biosecurity concert ; Conclusion: the burden and opportunity of biosecurity in the global age.

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