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The molecularisation of security : medical countermeasures, stockpiling and the governance of biological threats / Christopher Long

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  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The molecularisation of security : medical countermeasures, stockpiling and the governance of biological threats / Christopher Long
A pour autre édition sur un support différent
  • Long, Christopher, 1985- Molecularisation of security Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
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Publication
  • London New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (VIII-188 pages) ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Routledge new security studies
ISBN
  • 978-0-367-68360-3
  • 0-367-68360-1
  • 978-0-367-68361-0
  • 0-367-68361-X
Appartient à la collection
  • PRIO new security studies 2574-9595
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 358.38
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [159]-182. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • "This book investigates the way that the molecular sciences are shaping contemporary security practices in relation to the governance of biological threats. In response to biological threats, such as pandemics and bioterrorism, governments around the world have developed a range of new security technologies, called medical countermeasures, to protect their populations. This book argues that the molecular sciences' influence has been so great that security practices have been molecularised. Focusing on the actions of international organisations and governments in the past two decades, this book identifies two contrasting conceptions of the nature or inherent workings of molecular life as driving this turn. On the one hand, political notions of insecurity have been shaped by the contingent or random nature of molecular life. On the other, the identification of molecular life's constant biological dynamics supports and makes possible the development and stockpiling of effective medical countermeasures. This study is one of the few to take seriously the conceptual implications that the detailed empirical workings of biotechnology have on security practices today. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, bio-politics, life sciences, global governance, and International Relations in general"
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