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OverviewThis 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 to conceptions of science and technology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian RappertPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2007 Weight: 0.305kg ISBN: 9781349285846ISBN 10: 1349285846 Pages: 223 Publication Date: 01 January 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Introduction; B.Rappert & S.Croft PART I: TECHNOLOGY AND DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES Science & Technology Policy and International Security; A.James Rethinking ""Secrecy"" and ""Disclosure""; B.Rappert & B.Balmer Producing Threat Assessments; C.Boudeau PART II: GOVERNANCE Global Governance and Twenty-First Century Technology; J.Whitman The Limits of Security Governance: Technology, Law and War; T.Farrell Technology and the Problem of Civilian Casualties in War; J.Stone PART III: IN FOCUS Preventing the Future Military Misuse of Neuroscience; M.Dando Space Weapons: Technological Folly?; M.Hilborne Understanding the Broader Context; B.Durodié"ReviewsAuthor InformationBRIAN BALMER Reader in Science Policy Studies, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, UK CAROLE BOUDEAU School of Social Sciences, Brunel University, UK STUART CROFT Professor of International Security, Warwick University, UK MALCOLM DANDO Professor of International Security, University of Bradford, UK BILL DURODIÉ Senior Lecturer in Risk and Corporate Security, Cranfield University, UK THEO FARRELL Professor of War in the Modern World, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK MARK HILBORNE Assistant Head of Air Power Studies, King's College London Royal Air Force College, UK ANDREW JAMES Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Policy and Management, Manchester Business School, UK JOHN STONE Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK JIM WHITMAN Senior Lecturer, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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