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Virus alert : security, governmentality, and the AIDS pandemic / Stefan Elbe.

By: Elbe, Stefan, 1975-.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2009Description: xii, 210 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780231148689 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Security, International | National security | AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 355/.033
Contents:
Viruses, health, and international security -- A noble lie? Examining the evidence on AIDS and security -- Security in the era of governmentality : AIDS and the rise of health security -- National security : sovereignty, medicine and the securitization of AIDS -- Human security : discipline, healthy bodies, and the global curing machine -- Risk and security : government, military risk groups, and population triage -- The power of AIDS : responding to the governmentalization of security.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-199) and index.

Viruses, health, and international security -- A noble lie? Examining the evidence on AIDS and security -- Security in the era of governmentality : AIDS and the rise of health security -- National security : sovereignty, medicine and the securitization of AIDS -- Human security : discipline, healthy bodies, and the global curing machine -- Risk and security : government, military risk groups, and population triage -- The power of AIDS : responding to the governmentalization of security.

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