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BRIAN RAPPERT is Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs, Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, UK. His previous books include Experimental Secrets; Biotechnology, Security and the Search for Limits; Controlling the Weapons of War; Technology and Security (edited). CHANDRÉ GOULD is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa. Her previous books include Secrets and Lies, Wouter Basson and the South African Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme; Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa (edited) and Selling Sex in Cape Town: Sex Work and Human Trafficking in a South African City.




18 Ebooks by Brian Rappert

Brian Rappert & Chandré Gould: Biosecurity
This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term ‘biosecurity’. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and …
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€96.29
Brian Rappert: Technology and Security
This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments …
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€53.49
Brian Balmer & Brian Rappert: Absence in Science, Security and Policy
This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology …
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€96.29
Brian Rappert: Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn’t There in the Study of Science and Security
Chapter 1 of this book is open access under a CC BY license. This is a chapter from Absence in Science, Security and Policy edited by Brian Rappert and Brian Balmer. This chapter is availabl …
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€0.00
Alex Mankoo & Brian Rappert: Chemical Bodies
In warfare, civil unrest, and political protest, chemicals have served as means of coercion, suppression, and manipulation. This book examines how chemical agents have been justified, utilised and …
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€43.47
Brian Rappert: How to Look Good in a War
This book examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. While others have shown how ‘truth is the first casualty of war’, this is the first to analyse exactly how …
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€124.99
Brian Rappert: How to Look Good in a War
This book examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. While others have shown how ‘truth is the first casualty of war’, this is the first to analyse exactly how …
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€31.99
Brian Rappert: Controlling the Weapons of War
A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governme …
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€23.58
Brian Rappert: Controlling the Weapons of War
A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governme …
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€23.79
Brian Rappert: Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone …
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€58.67
Brian Rappert: Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?
As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone …
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€58.49
Caitriona McLeish & Brian Rappert: Web of Prevention
Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is …
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€48.35
Caitriona McLeish & Brian Rappert: Web of Prevention
Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is …
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€48.46
Nik Brown & Brian Rappert: Contested Futures
In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, …
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€48.54
Nik Brown & Brian Rappert: Contested Futures
In a unique volume, Contested Futures brings together a group of scholars to examine the relationships between social action and the future. Rather than speculating upon what the future might bring, …
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€48.64
Olga Amsterdamska & Edward J. Hackett: Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
A comprehensive and authoritative overview of current research, major theoretical perspectives, and new research directions in the study of science, technology, and society.Science and Technology …
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€186.97
Ulrike Felt & Rayvon Fouche: Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing …
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€199.83
Brian Rappert: Performing Deception
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring …
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€7.49