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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction : interrogating bio-insecurities / Kezia Barker, Sarah Taylor and Andrew Dobson -- A world in peril? : the case for containment / Daniel Simberloff -- Power over life : biosecurity as biopolitics / Bruce Braun -- Governing biosecurity / Andrew Donaldson -- Legal frameworks for biosecurity / Opi Outhwaite -- Biosecurity : whose knowledge counts? / Gareth Enticott and Katy Wilkinson -- Biosecurity management practices : determining and delivering a response / John Mumford -- A neoliberal biosecurity? : the WTO, free trade and the governance of plant health / Clive Potter -- Viral geopolitics : biosecurity and global health governance / Alan Ingram -- Biosecurity and bio-terror : reflections on a decade / Brian Rappert and Filippa Lentzos -- Biosecurity and ecology : beyond the nativism debate / Juliet Fall -- Introducing aliens, re-introducing natives : a conflict of interest for biosecurity? / Henry Buller -- The insecurity of biosecurity : re-making emerging infectious diseases / Stephen Hinchliffe -- Conclusion : biosecurity, the future and the impact of climate change / Sarah Taylor, Andrew Dobson, and Kezia Barker. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Biosecurity is the assessment and management of potentially dangerous infectious diseases, quarantined pests, invasive (alien) species, living modified organisms, and biological weapons. It is a holistic concept of direct relevance to the sustainability of agriculture, food safety, and the protection of human populations (including bio-terrorism), the environment, and biodiversity. Biosecurity is a relatively new concept that has become increasingly prevalent in academic, policy and media circles, and needs a more comprehensive and inter-disciplinary approach to take into account mobility, |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Print version: Biosecurity. Abingdon : Earthscan from Routledge, 2013 ISBN 9780415534765 (DLC) 2013001294 (OCoLC)802325179 |
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ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10747248 |