The politics of precaution : regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States / David Vogel.
The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American health, safety, and environmental regulations were more stringent, risk averse, comprehensive, and innovative than those adopted in Europe. But since around 1990, the book shows, global regulatory leadership has shifted to Europe. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842568 1400842565 1280494212 9781280494215 9786613589446 6613589446 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |