Overview
- Develops a new perspective on the governance of misuse concerns associated with emerging technology
- Examines the ethical and political challenges raised by new forms of collaboration between science and the state in both the development and control of innovation
- Explores the emergence and governance of concerns associated with synthetic biology at both the national and international level
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This book examines how emergent trends in innovation and its governance are raising new and old questions about how to control technology. It develops a new framework for understanding how emergent fields of science and technology emerge as security concerns; and the key challenges these fields pose from a global security perspective. The study focuses on the politics which have surrounded the emergent field of Synthetic Biology, a field which has become emblematic of both the potentials and limits of more preemptive approaches to governance. This highly accessible work will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners working on the ethical responsibilities of innovators and the assessment of emergent technology as well as the global governance of weapons.
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Keywords
- synthetic biology
- biotechnology and security
- security studies
- governing technology
- bioterrorism
- bio-crime
- ethics and technology
- international security
- global defence studies
- controlling tech
- biological warfare
- nanotechnology
- international relations and biotechnology
- science and tech
- military studies
- ethics of technology
- public health
- synthetic international security
- biochemical warfare
- terrorism
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Brett Edwards is Lecturer in Security and Public Policy in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Insecurity and Emerging Biotechnology
Book Subtitle: Governing Misuse Potential
Authors: Brett Edwards
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02188-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02187-0Published: 22 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02188-7Published: 05 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 97
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Security Studies, Military and Defence Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Globalization, Biotechnology