
Biosecurity
The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. July 2013
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-415-53476-5 (ISBN)
Description
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, globalisation and climate change.
In this introductory volume, biosecurity is presented as a governance approach to a set of concerns that span the protection of indigenous biological organisms, agricultural systems and human health, from invasive pests and diseases. It describes the ways in which biosecurity is understood and theorized in different subject disciplines, including anthropology, political theory, ecology, geography and environmental management. It examines the different scientific and knowledge practices connected to biosecurity governance, including legal regimes, ecology, risk management and alternative knowledges. The geopolitics of biosecurity is considered in terms of health, biopolitics and trade governance at the global scale. Finally, biosecurity as an approach to actively secure the future is assessed in the context of future risk and uncertainties, such as globalization and climate change.
In this introductory volume, biosecurity is presented as a governance approach to a set of concerns that span the protection of indigenous biological organisms, agricultural systems and human health, from invasive pests and diseases. It describes the ways in which biosecurity is understood and theorized in different subject disciplines, including anthropology, political theory, ecology, geography and environmental management. It examines the different scientific and knowledge practices connected to biosecurity governance, including legal regimes, ecology, risk management and alternative knowledges. The geopolitics of biosecurity is considered in terms of health, biopolitics and trade governance at the global scale. Finally, biosecurity as an approach to actively secure the future is assessed in the context of future risk and uncertainties, such as globalization and climate change.
Reviews / Votes
"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 BulletinMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Illustrations
5 s/w Abbildungen, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-53476-5 (9780415534765)
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Andrew Dobson | Kezia Barker | Sarah L. Taylor
Biosecurity
The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
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Andrew Dobson | Kezia Barker | Sarah L. Taylor
Biosecurity
The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€78.99
Available for download

Andrew Dobson | Kezia Barker | Sarah L. Taylor
Biosecurity
The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases
Book
07/2013
1st Edition
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Persons
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.
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.
Editor
Keele University, UK
Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Keele University, UK
Content
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