Biosecurity

Origins, Transformations and Practices

By: Brian Rappert, ChandrÃ© Gould

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Hardcover | 29 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The Definitions, Uses and Implications of Biosecurity; B.Rappert PART I: BIOSECURITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA The Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health; F.Lentzos The Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control; J.Revill& M.Dando Science of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science; K.van der Bruggen Biosecurity at the OECD; D.B.Sawaya Clarifying Biosecurity Terms: Recent Activities at the U.S. National Academies; B.Rusek PART II: IN COMPARISON The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor; M.Barr Dealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan; K.Furukawa Biosecurity in New Zealand; T.Dunworth Biological Weapons Prevention in South Africa; C.Gould Biosecurity in Argentina; M.Lema Strategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany; J.B.Tucker Conclusion; C.Gould

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
The Definitions, Uses, and Implications of Biosecurity	p. 1
Biosecurity in the International Arena	p. 23
The Pre-History of Biosecurity: Strategies of Managing Risks to Collective Health	p. 25
The Rise of Biosecurity in International Arms Control	p. 41
Science of Mass Destruction: How Biosecurity Became an Issue for Academies of Science	p. 60
Biosecurity at the OECD	p. 79
Clarifying Biosecurity Terminology: Recent Activities at the US National Academy of Sciences	p. 98
In Comparison	p. 119
The Importance of China as a Biosecurity Actor	p. 121
Dealing with the Dual-Use Aspects of Life Science Activities in Japan	p. 133
Biosecurity in New Zealand	p. 156
Biological Weapons Prevention in South Africa	p. 171
Biosecurity in Argentina	p. 192
Strategies to Prevent Bioterrorism: Biosecurity Policies in the United States and Germany	p. 213
Conclusion	p. 238
Index	p. 242
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