Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Management of Health Risks from Environment and Food: Policy and Politics of Health Risk Management in Five Countries -- Asbestos and Bse

0/5 ( ratings)

This book examines the policy and politics of two health risks, which have recently become prominent social issues in many countries. One is the issue of asbestos as an environmental risk to humans, and another is that of bovine spongiform encephalitis , or mad cow disease as an animal disease, and of its variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a human food risk. Employing a set of analytical frameworks in political science, each case study explores how the issues emerged, agendas got set, alternatives were chosen, and policies were implemented. Through the analysis, it is examined how safety and public reassurance were pursued in the countries studied . Exploration of the successes and failures in their efforts discloses the key elements to successful health risk management.

Pages: 387

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Springer

Release: March 14, 2012

ISBN: 9400730799

ISBN 13: 9789400730793

Management of Health Risks from Environment and Food: Policy and Politics of Health Risk Management in Five Countries -- Asbestos and Bse

0/5 ( ratings)

This book examines the policy and politics of two health risks, which have recently become prominent social issues in many countries. One is the issue of asbestos as an environmental risk to humans, and another is that of bovine spongiform encephalitis , or mad cow disease as an animal disease, and of its variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a human food risk. Employing a set of analytical frameworks in political science, each case study explores how the issues emerged, agendas got set, alternatives were chosen, and policies were implemented. Through the analysis, it is examined how safety and public reassurance were pursued in the countries studied . Exploration of the successes and failures in their efforts discloses the key elements to successful health risk management.

Pages: 387

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Springer

Release: March 14, 2012

ISBN: 9400730799

ISBN 13: 9789400730793

More books from Hajime Sato

Child of singularity

Varieties and Alternatives of Catching-Up: Asian Development in the Context of the 21st Century

Terror Beneath the Sea

Varieties and Alternatives of Catching-up: Asian Development in the Context of the 21st Century (IDE-JETRO Series)

Algebraic Topology: An Intuitive Approach

Rate this book!

Write a review?