Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union Controlling Chaos
Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure gover...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2010, 2010
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk |
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| Physical Description: | X, 213 p. 8 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230109476 |