H5N1 VIRUS : seeking knowledge justice in an (in)secure world.

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This book is the first study of its kind that reveals the social justice linkages between three unique characteristics of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: namely, veterinary scourge, public health contagion fear, and potential bioterrorist weapon. With its extensive referencing, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: EGERT, PHILIP R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLIS, 2019.
Temas:
Avian influenza A virus.
Public health.
Social justice.
Influenza A virus
Public Health
Social Justice
Influenzavirus A aviaire.
Santé publique.
Justice sociale.
public health.
Politics & government.
Chemical & biological weapons.
Veterinary bacteriology, virology, parasitology.
Avian influenza A virus
Public health
Social justice
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Narratives of birds: Following the H5N1 virus from birds to (de)stabilized networks
  • Creation of narratives
  • Foucault on power and Latour on semiotics
  • Bird flu narrative (virus to disease)
  • Public health narrative (disease to crisis)
  • Outbreak narrative (crisis to (de)stabilized networks)
  • Part I Works cited
  • Part II: Knowledge justice (an alternative approach to resolving the H5N1 dual dilemma
  • Gazing through the fishbowl
  • The H5N1 debates debates and myths of easy replication
  • Bioethics of science
  • The thorny problem of justice and securitized knowledge
  • Part II Works cited
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: timeline of selected major events
  • Index.

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