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International Security, Codes, and the Future of Research
Experimental Secrets addresses an unsettling question asked in recent years about the revolutionary potential of modern biotechnology: might the knowl...
An Inquiry Into Research and Methods
Since 9/11 and the U.S. anthrax attacks, public, and policy concerns about the security threats posed by biological weapons has increased significantl...
Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and ...
Chapter 1 from Absence in Science, Security and Policy
Chapter 1 of this book is open access under a CC BY license. This is a chapter from Absence in Science, Security and Policy edited by Brian Rappert an...
A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather th...
Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. ...
Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict
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 ...
Justifying and Challenging State Violence
How to Look Good in A War examines the methods used to depict, defend, and justify the use of state violence. Many books have shown how "truth is the ...
Origins, Transformations and Practices
"This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term biosecurity. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perce...
Strengthening the Prohibition of Biological Weapons
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A Sociology of Uncovering
Revelations sets out to examine both how the making available through revealing is accomplished as well as the implications of revealing. In other wor...
Governing Threats in the New Millennium
This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emer...
How to See What Isn't There in the Study of Science and Security
Tracing History, Memory and Justice
Between 1981 and 1995, a top-secret chemical and biological warfare program titled Project Coast was established and maintained by South Africa's apar...