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The politics of precaution regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States  Cover Image E-book E-book

The politics of precaution [electronic resource] : regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States / David Vogel.

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  • Physical Description: xiv, 317 p. : 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Princeton University Press, 2012.

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General Note:
This book has been composed in Sabon.
Published by Princeton University Press.
Printed on acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America.
Multi-User.
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CatMonthString:may.24
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access restricted by subscription.
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by American Council of Learned Societies.
Subject: Safety regulations > United States.
Safety regulations > Europe.
Public health laws > United States.
Public health laws > Europe.
Political Science.
Environmental policy > United States.
Environmental policy > Europe.
Consumer protection > United States.
Consumer protection > Europe.
American 1 : > General & Multiperiod.
European 1 : > General & Multiperiod.


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