Community at risk: biodefense and the collective search for security

276 Pages·2015·2.035 MB·English

by  Beamish, Thomas D

C o m m u n i t y a t R i s k

high reliability and crisis management
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C o m m u n i t y
a t R i s k
B i o d E f E n s E a n d t H E C o l l E C t i v E
s E a R C H f o R s E C u R i t y
thomas d. Beamish
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library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data
Beamish, thomas d., author.
Community at risk : biodefense and the collective
search for security / thomas d. Beamish.
pages cm.—(High reliability and crisis management)
includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8047-8442-9 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Risk management—Political aspects—united states—Case studies.
2. Biosecurity—united states—Public opinion—Case studies.
3. Biological laboratories—united states—Public opinion—Case
studies. 4. Bioterrorism—Prevention—Research—Public opinion—
Case studies. 5. Public opinion—united states—Case studies.
6. local government—united states—Case studies. i. title.
ii. series: High reliability and crisis management.
hd61.b43 2015
363.325∙360973—dc23
2014045953
isbn 978-0-8047-9465-7 (electronic)
typeset by newgen in 10/15 sabon
Contents
list of illustrations ix
acknowledgments xi
introduction 1
1 Conceptual footings of Risk and Governance 31
2 Risk Communication, local Civics, and discourse 64
3 davis, California: Home Rule Civics and Biodefense 76
4 Roxbury, massachusetts: direct action
Civics and Biodefense 116
5 Galveston, texas: managed Civics and Biodefense 155
Conclusion: the Civic Politics of Risk 193
appendix: Research strategy 219
notes 237
index 249

illustrations
maps
map 3.1 davis, California 78
map 4.1 Roxbury and Boston city neighborhoods 118
map 5.1 Galveston city and island 158
tables
table i.1 Community cases for comparison, 2010 6
table 2.1 Comparative civics and discourse: davis, Roxbury,
and Galveston 74
table 3.1 davis, California, regional city socioeconomic and
educational differences 85
table 3.2 themes, letters to the editor, Davis Enterprise,
december 2002–november 2003 94
table 4.1 Roxbury, massachusetts, Boston metro area
socioeconomic and educational neighborhood comparison 120
table 5.1 themes, letters to the editor, Galveston County
Daily News, and submitted fEis comments, January 2003–
december 2004 172
figures
figure i.1 Biosafety level-4 hazmat suit 16
figure 3.1 frequency, letters to the editor, Davis Enterprise,
december 2002–november 2003 93
figure 5.1 frequency, letters to the editor, Galveston County
Daily News, and submitted fEis comments, January 2003–
december 2004 171
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