Technology and security : governing threats in the new millennium / edited by Brian Rappert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rappert, Brian.

Series:

New security challenges series

New security challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--21st century.

Security, International--21st century.

Military art and science--Technological innovations.

Internal security.

Science and state--21st century.

Science and state.

Military art and science.

Security, International.

National security.

Physical Description:

xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

The relationship between science, technology, and security has been a topic of long-standing concern, one given renewed salience since 9/11. The pace and breadth of scientific and technological developments are often seen as challenging the viability of systems of governance. 'Technology' in its broadest sense factors into most security problems and proposed solutions. Yet, across many academic fields and policy discussions, the understanding of technology remains fairly under-developed.

Technology and Security is designed to take forward the existing state of understanding where security and technology intersect. Its principal objective is to assess the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation to conceptions of science and technology. It consists of contributions from academics and military practitioners utilising theories and perspectives across political science, international relations, history, sociology, science and technology studies, and security studies.

Contents:

Part I Technology and Disciplinary Approaches

1 Science and Technology Policy and International Security / Andrew D. James 25

2 Rethinking 'Secrecy' and 'Disclosure': What Science and Technology Studies Can Offer Attempts to Govern WMD Threats / Brian Rappert, Brian Balmer 45

3 Producing Threat Assessments: An Ethnomethodological Perspective on Intelligence on Iraq's Aluminium Tubes / Carole Boudeau 66

Part II Governance

4 Global Governance and Twenty-first Century Technology / Jim Whitman 89

5 The Limits of Security Governance: Technology, Law, and War / Theo Farrell 111

6 Technology and the Problem of Civilian Casualties in War / John Stone 133

Part III In Focus

7 Preventing the Future Military Misuse of Neuroscience / Malcolm Dando 155

8 Space Weapons: Technological Folly? / Mark Hilborne 171

9 Understanding the Broader Context / Bill Durodie 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230019706

0230019706

OCLC:

148906283