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Author:   Andrew Dobson (Keele University, UK) ,  Kezia Barker ,  Sarah L. Taylor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780415534772

ISBN 10:   0415534771
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Framing Biosecurity 1. Introduction: Interrogating Bio-insecurities 2. A World in Peril? The Case for Containment 3. Power over Life: Biosecurity as Biopolitics Part 2: Implementing Biosecurity 4. Governing Biosecurity 5. Legal Frameworks for Biosecurity 6. Biosecurity: Whose Knowledge Counts? 7. Biosecurity Management Practices: Determining and Delivering a Response Part 3: Biosecurity and Geopolitics 8. A Neoliberal Biosecurity? The WTO, Free Trade and the Governance of Plant Health 9. Viral Geopolitics: Biosecurity and Global Health Governance 10. Biosecurity and Bio-terror: Reflections on a Decade Part 4: Transgressing Biosecurity 11. Biosecurity and Ecology: Beyond the Nativism Debate 12. Introducing Aliens, Re-introducing Natives: A Conflict of Interest for Biosecurity? 13. The Insecurity of Biosecurity: Re-making Emerging Infectious Diseases 14. Conclusion: Biosecurity, the Future and the Impact of Climate Change

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This mixture of science, law, social sciences, politics, asks some very difficult questions about what we need to do, why and how. The emphasis throughout is on managing risk but complex demonstrate just how confusing this whole area is... - David Walton, BES Bulletin

Author Information

Andrew Dobson is Professor of Politics at Keele University, UK.  Kezia Barker is Lecturer in Science and Environmental Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.  Sarah L. Taylor is Lecturer in Ecology and Programme Director of Biology at Keele University, UK.

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