H5N1 VIRUS : seeking knowledge justice in an (in)secure world.

This book is the first study of its kind that reveals the social justice linkages between three unique characteristics of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: namely, veterinary scourge, public health contagion fear, and potential bioterrorist weapon. With its extensive referencing, it will be invaluable for scholars of security studies, global public health, and international relations, as well as for professionals, diplomats, and practitioners with an interest in the relationship between global health security and social justice. Comprised of two major sections, the book examine.

Introduction -- Part I: Narratives of birds: Following the H5N1 virus from birds to (de)stabilized networks -- Creation of narratives -- Foucault on power and Latour on semiotics -- Bird flu narrative (virus to disease) -- Public health narrative (disease to crisis) -- Outbreak narrative (crisis to (de)stabilized networks) -- Part I Works cited -- Part II: Knowledge justice (an alternative approach to resolving the H5N1 dual dilemma -- Gazing through the fishbowl -- The H5N1 debates debates and myths of easy replication -- Bioethics of science -- The thorny problem of justice and securitized knowledge -- Part II Works cited -- Epilogue -- Appendix: timeline of selected major events -- Index.

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