Description
By adding a strong normative and ethical dimension to the debates around the securitization of health, Christian Enemark's book advances the global health debate in thought-provoking ways that will intrigue both scholars and students. This is a timely and engaging addition to the global health politics literature. -- Jeremy, Chair, Global Health Section, International Studies AssociationFellow, Department of International Relations, Australian National University A masterful and engaging account of the key biosecurity challenges confronting the world today. Biosecurity Dilemmas explores the vexing policy tensions and ethical trade-offs involved in protecting populations against biological danger. Enemark elegantly tames the complexity by showing that four major dilemmas lie at the heart of these issues. An impressive scholarly achievement. -- Stefan Elbe, Director, Centre for Global Health Policy, University of Sussex
About the Author
Christian Enemark is Professor of International Relations at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He is the author of two previous books, Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia and Armed Drones and the Ethics of War: Military Virtue in a Post-Heroic Age, and he is also coeditor of Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control.
Reviews
This seminal work of outstanding scholarship . . . is a timely, extraordinary, and impressively informative addition to both community and academic library Bioethics & International Affairs collections. * Midwest Book Review *
Awards
Winner of Global Health Section Book Prize (United States) and International Ethics Section Best Book Award (United States) and International Security Studies Section Best Book Award (United States) and Susan Strange Book Prize (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9781626164048
Author Christian Enemark
Format Paperback
Page Count 226
Imprint Georgetown University Press
Publisher Georgetown University Press
Weight(grams) 318g