Beamish, Thomas D.,

Community at risk : biodefense and the collective search for security / Thomas D. Beamish. - Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - High reliability and crisis management .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Conceptual footings of risk and governance -- Risk communication, local civics, and discourse -- Davis, California : home rule civics and biodefense -- Roxbury, Massachusetts : direct action civics and biodefense -- Galveston, Texas : managed civics and biodefense -- Conclusion : the civic politics of risk.



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Risk management--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.
Biosecurity--Public opinion--United States--Case studies.
Biological laboratories--Public opinion--United States--Case studies.
Bioterrorism--Prevention--Research--Public opinion--Case studies.
Public opinion--United States--Case studies.
Local government--United States.


Electronic Books.

HD61 / .C666 2015