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.