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Science and Politics in a Toxic World
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Description

In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable. This calls for a reconsideration of the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise in the definition and management of toxic issues, which this book seeks to do. It looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.

Author Biography:

Soraya Boudia is Professor of Sociology at Université Paris Descartes (Sorbonne Paris Cité). Her scholarly work focuses on the transnational government of technological and health environmental risks. She has co-authored a special issue of History and Technology, “Risk and risk Society in Historical Perspective” (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations Since 1945 (Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Nathalie Jas.
Release date NZ
January 1st, 2014
Audience
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Contributors
  • Edited by Nathalie Jas
  • Edited by Soraya Boudia
Pages
290
Dimensions
152x229x18
ISBN-13
9781782382362
Product ID
21307588

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