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Virus alert : security, governmentality, and the AIDS pandemic /

Bound up with the human cost of HIV/AIDS is the critical issue of its impact on national and international security, yet attempts to assess the pandemic's complex risk fail to recognize the political dangers of construing the disease as a security threat. The securitization of HIV/AIDS not only...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elbe, Stefan, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bound up with the human cost of HIV/AIDS is the critical issue of its impact on national and international security, yet attempts to assess the pandemic's complex risk fail to recognize the political dangers of construing the disease as a security threat. The securitization of HIV/AIDS not only affects the discussion of the disease in international policy debates, but also transforms the very nature and function of security within global politics. In his analysis of the security implications of HIV/AIDS, Stefan Elbe addresses three concerns: the empirical evidence that justifies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index.
ISBN:9780231520058
0231520050
1283285215
9781283285216