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The politics of precaution : regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States / David Vogel.
Lippincott Library HC110.C63 V616 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vogel, David, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumer protection--Europe.
- Consumer protection.
- Consumer protection--United States.
- Public health laws.
- Safety regulations.
- United States.
- Safety regulations--Europe.
- Safety regulations--United States.
- Public health laws--Europe.
- Public health laws--United States.
- Environmental policy--Europe.
- Environmental policy.
- Europe.
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 317 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- The transatlantic shift in regulatory stringency
- Explaining regulatory policy divergence
- Food safety and agriculture
- Air pollution
- Chemicals and hazardous substances
- Consumer safety
- Public risk perceptions and the preferences of policy makers
- The law and politics of risk assessment
- Broader implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691124162
- 0691124167
- OCLC:
- 747385652
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