Original title: Sekuritizace biologie: Biologické hrozby a připravenost státu v kontextu pandemie
Translated title: Securitising biology: Biological threats and state preparedness in the wake of a pandemic
Authors: Artico, Chiara ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Butler, Eamonn (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2021
Language: eng
Abstract: 64053643 SECURITISING BIOLOGY: BIOLOGICAL THREATS AND STATE PREPAREDNESS IN THE WAKE OF A PANDEMIC ABSTRACT The management of infectious diseases in the realm of public health has shown increasingly overlapping areas with biological warfare preparedness. While the acknowledgement of these common elements is not only frequent but also codified in an international treaty and subject to distinct regulations, research into how these two fields connect is scarce. Potential deliberate use of biological weapons typically leads to intense political mobilisation and ensuing dedication of financial resources. Contrarily, the management of health crises over the last decades has been severely flawed, and no country in the world is considered fully prepared to a pandemic, according to the Global Health Security Index. The current COVID-19 pandemic has recently been further proof of the inadequacy of state-level prevention and preparedness capabilities. This dissertation aims at bridging the existing conceptual gap and policy divide between biological warfare and infectious disease preparedness, and to analyse elements that can be mutually applicable and potentially beneficial. It will do so by establishing analytical equivalence between the securitisation of an artificial biothreat and a nature-borne infectious disease...
Keywords: anthrax; anti-securitisation; biological weapons; biothreats; COVID-19; Ebola; infectious diseases; pandemic preparedness; public health; securitisation; United States; anti-sekuritizace; antrax; biologické hrozby; biologické zbraně; COVID-19; ebola; infekční choroby; ochrana veřejného zdraví; připravenost na pandemii; sekuritizace; USA

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/150386

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