Non-Lethal Weapons as Legitimizing Forces? will be of interest to anyone concerned about the past and future development of force and the operation of risky technologies. Police and military practitio
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 first casualty of war" but this is the first to an
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 first casualty of war" but this is the first to an
This book 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
Since 9/11 and the US anthrax attacks, public and policy concerns about the security threats posed by biological weapons has increased significantly. As a result, there are now active international de
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-gove
Believing non-lethal weapons technology is a site of political negotiation, Rapport (sociology, University of Nottingham) examines issues about the functioning of expertise, the relations between citi
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 res
We all, in everyday life, routinely ignore far more things than we pay attention to. This is no less the case in the science policy-making process, thus making the processes by which some matters beco
"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
Natural and social scientists explore the closing off of possible futures and the challenges made to exclusionary futures. They pose such questions as how future scripts carry assumptions and presumpt
