Brian Rappert

Broschiertes Buch

Experimental Secrets

International Security, Codes, and the Future of Research

Beschreibung

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 spread of disease? The conventions of statecraft, science, and social research are examined to convey to readers what is at stake.

Autor

Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs at the University of Exeter. His long term interest has been the examination of the strategic management of information. More recently he has been interested in the social, ethical, and political issues associated with researching and writing about secrets, as in his book Experimental Secrets (2009) and How to Look Good in a War (2012).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9780761844754
• ISBN-10: 0761844759
• Artikelnr.: 26331786

Rezensionen

Very distinctive and original in its mixture of narrative, storytelling, and abstract theorizing. A fascinating read that follows bio-security policy making from behind the scenes through the interactions of academics, scientists and policy makers that accentuates the multiple worlds of policy making. It is extremely relevant today as it addresses issues that are happening in secret or outside the public eyes and ears that have the potential to impact every global citizen. -- W. K. BAuchspies, associate professor, sociology of science, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Rappert is the antithesis of an academic looking from the outside in. Experimental Secrets is a compelling and hilarious account of Rappert's first-hand engagement with the world of biological weapons negotiations and how the people and institutions doing them develop meaning, knowledge and, on that basis, courses of action. It should be required reading for anyone engaged in weapons negotiations, or for that matter, any negotiations. -- Thomas Nash, coordinator of the Cluster Munitions Coalition