Risk, language, and power : the nanotechnology environmental policy case /

Risk, Language, and Power applies discourse analysis to public policy debates about nanotechnology, to explore how risk is used in language and practice to frame those debates. Morris argues that regulatory science by itself is inadequate to address risk concerns, and that public policy initiatives...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, Jeffery T., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012.
Temas:
Nanotechnology > Environmental aspects > Government policy > United States.
Environmental policy > United States > Public opinion.
Deliberative democracy > United States.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Démocratie délibérative > États-Unis.
Nanotechnologie > Aspect de l'environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Deliberative democracy
Environmental policy > Public opinion
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Risk, regulatory science, and nanotechnology
  • Language and nanotechnology
  • Power and its grip on environmental discourse
  • Implications for environmental risk debates
  • Conclusions and proposed path forward.

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