The Politics of Asbestos - Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest (Paperback)

Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase. Meanwhile, in many newly-industrialising and developing countries, asbestos use continues unabated. This book, based on anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa, explores people's understandings of their illness, risk, compensation and regulation, contrasting these personal and community narratives with formal medical and legal understandings. Linda Waldman shows how the domination of medical and legal framings of risk and disease over those of workers, sufferers and activists can narrow the responses chosen by government. This provides important lessons for researchers, policy makers and regulators, demonstrating that opening up to alternative understandings can create more effective policy responses to move towards sustainability and social justice. Published in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Pathways to Sustainability
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Linda Waldman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-84971-108-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics
LSN:	1-84971-108-9
Barcode:	9781849711081

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