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37 produkter
Technology and Security
Governing Threats in the New Millennium
Av Brian Rappert, Brian Rappert
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation …
Biosecurity
Origins, Transformations and Practices
Av Brian Rappert, Chandré Gould
Inbunden, 2009
1129 kr
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This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term 'biosecurity'. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the …
Biosecurity
Origins, Transformations and Practices
Av Chandre Gould, Brian Rappert
E-bok, 2009
1506 kr
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This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term ''biosecurity''. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the …
Technology and Security
Governing Threats in the New Millennium
E-bok, 2007
757 kr
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This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation …
Contested Futures
A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
Häftad, 2020
691 kr
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In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, the volume interrogates the metaphors and practices through which the future is mobilized as an …
Controlling the Weapons of War
Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
Inbunden, 2005
764 kr
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A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the …
Controlling the Weapons of War
Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
Häftad, 2013
371 kr
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A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the …
Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict
Häftad, 2003
1041 kr
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As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
How to Look Good in a War
Justifying and Challenging State Violence
Häftad, 2012
309 kr
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This book examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. While others have shown how 'truth is the first casualty of war', this is the first to analyse exactly how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalised. Brian Rappert details the 'upside-down' world of …
How to Look Good in a War
Justifying and Challenging State Violence
Inbunden, 2012
944 kr
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This book examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. While others have shown how 'truth is the first casualty of war', this is the first to analyse exactly how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalised. Brian Rappert details the 'upside-down' world of …
Contested Futures
A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
Inbunden, 2000
2513 kr
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In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, the volume interrogates the metaphors and practices through which the future is mobilized as an …
Experimental Secrets
International Security, Codes, and the Future of Research
Häftad, 2009
614 kr
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Experimental Secrets addresses an unsettling question asked in recent years about the revolutionary potential of modern biotechnology: might the knowledge being gained be used to further—rather than prevent—the spread of disease? In other words, might the life sciences become the death sciences?To …
Revelations
A Sociology of Uncovering
Häftad, 2024
604 kr
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From tabloid headlines to scientific discoveries to investigative documentaries, the claim that truth is being revealed is commonplace today. Such attention-grabbing claims can conjure allure, sell products, launch careers, cement authority and much more besides.And yet, despite the familiarity of …
Revelations
A Sociology of Uncovering
Inbunden, 2024
2510 kr
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From tabloid headlines to scientific discoveries to investigative documentaries, the claim that truth is being revealed is commonplace today. Such attention-grabbing claims can conjure allure, sell products, launch careers, cement authority and much more besides.And yet, despite the familiarity of …
Controlling the Weapons of War
Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
E-bok, 2013
421 kr
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A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the …
Controlling the Weapons of War
Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
E-bok, 2013
399 kr
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A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the …
Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict
E-bok, 2004
949 kr
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As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict
E-bok, 2004
999 kr
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As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
Web of Prevention
Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research
Av Caitriona McLeish, Brian Rappert
E-bok, 2012
813 kr
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Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of the equation and creates momentum for the …
Web of Prevention
Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research
Av Caitriona McLeish, Brian Rappert
E-bok, 2012
795 kr
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Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of the equation and creates momentum for the …
Absence in Science, Security and Policy
From Research Agendas to Global Strategy
Av Brian Balmer, Brian Rappert
Inbunden, 2015
987 kr
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This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and …
Absence in Science, Security and Policy
From Research Agendas to Global Strategy
Av Brian Rappert, Brian Balmer
E-bok, 2016
1377 kr
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This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and …
Web of Prevention
Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research
Av Brian Rappert, Caitriona McLeish
Häftad, 2014
689 kr
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Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of the equation and creates momentum for the …
Technology and Security
Governing Threats in the New Millennium
Häftad, 2007
551 kr
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This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation …
Contested Futures
A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
E-bok, 2017
796 kr
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In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, the volume interrogates the metaphors and practices through which the future is mobilized as an …
Contested Futures
A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
E-bok, 2017
814 kr
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In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, the volume interrogates the metaphors and practices through which the future is mobilized as an …
Chemical Bodies
The Techno-Politics of Control
Inbunden, 2018
1701 kr
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In warfare, civil unrest, and political protest, chemicals have served as means of coercion, suppression, and manipulation. This book examines how chemical agents have been justified, utilised and resisted as means of control. Through attending to how, when, and for whom bodies become rendered as …
Chemical Bodies
The Techno-Politics of Control
E-bok, 2018
642 kr
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In warfare, civil unrest, and political protest, chemicals have served as means of coercion, suppression, and manipulation. This book examines how chemical agents have been justified, utilised and resisted as means of control. Through attending to how, when, and for whom bodies become rendered as …
Chemical Bodies
The Techno-Politics of Control
Häftad, 2020
589 kr
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In warfare, civil unrest, and political protest, chemicals have served as means of coercion, suppression, and manipulation. This book examines how chemical agents have been justified, utilised and resisted as means of control. Through attending to how, when, and for whom bodies become rendered as …
