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Community at Risk : Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: High Reliability and Crisis Management SeriesPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (276 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804794657
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Community at RiskDDC classification:
  • 363.325/360973
LOC classification:
  • HD61
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual Footings of Risk and Governance -- 2. Risk Communication, Local Civics, and Discourse -- 3. Davis, California: Home Rule Civics and Biodefense -- 4. Roxbury, Massachusetts: Direct Action Civics and Biodefense -- 5. Galveston, Texas: Managed Civics and Biodefense -- Conclusion: The Civic Politics of Risk -- Appendix: Research Strategy -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Community at Risk examines civic response to the federal government's plans to build biodefense labs at three universities following the Anthrax attacks in 2001. Thomas D. Beamish's account affirms the importance of local political dynamics in shaping public perceptions of risk and its management.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual Footings of Risk and Governance -- 2. Risk Communication, Local Civics, and Discourse -- 3. Davis, California: Home Rule Civics and Biodefense -- 4. Roxbury, Massachusetts: Direct Action Civics and Biodefense -- 5. Galveston, Texas: Managed Civics and Biodefense -- Conclusion: The Civic Politics of Risk -- Appendix: Research Strategy -- Notes -- Index.

Community at Risk examines civic response to the federal government's plans to build biodefense labs at three universities following the Anthrax attacks in 2001. Thomas D. Beamish's account affirms the importance of local political dynamics in shaping public perceptions of risk and its management.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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