Management of Health Risks from Environment and Food

Policy and Politics of Health Risk Management in Five Countries -- Asbestos and BSE

Buch | Softcover

387 Seiten

2012
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-3079-3 (ISBN)

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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 (BSE), or mad cow disease as an animal disease, and of its variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) 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 (Japan, the UK, France the USA, and Korea). Exploration of the successes and failures in their efforts discloses the key elements to successful health risk management.

The Policies and Politics of Health Risk Management.- Management of environmental risk: Cases of asbestos.- Development of Asbestos Regulation in Japan: Incremental Policy Making and Crisis Politics.- Emergence of Asbestos-related Health Issues and Development of Regulatory Policy in the UK.- Development of Asbestos Regulation in France: Policy Making Under Uncertainty and Precautionary Principle.- Asbestos in the United States.- Risk Perception and Management of the Asbestos Industry in Korea: Rise and Fall of the Industry and Health Issues.- Management of food risk: Cases of BSE-related human risk management.- Policy and Politics of BSE-related Human Disease Prevention in Japan: In Pursuit of Food Safety and Public Reassurance.- BSE in the United Kingdom.- Governing Uncertain Threats: Lessons from the Mad Cow Saga in France.- Policy and Politics of BSE in the United States.- Conclusions.- Conclusions: Policies, Politics, and Communications of Health Risks: In Search of Safety and Public Reassurance.

Reihe/Serie	Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries ; 16
Zusatzinfo	XII, 387 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	Asbestos • BSE • Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease • food risk • health policy • health politics • health risk management • international comparative study • management of health risks • public health risks
ISBN-10	94-007-3079-9 / 9400730799
ISBN-13	978-94-007-3079-3 / 9789400730793
Zustand	Neuware