The politics of invisibility : public knowledge about radiation health effects after Chernobyl /

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Before Fukushima, the most notorious large-scale nuclear accident the world had seen was Chernobyl in 1986. The fallout from Chernobyl covered vast areas in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Europe. Belarus, at the time a Soviet republic, suffered heavily: nearly a quarter of its territory was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuchinskaya, Olga, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Colección:Infrastructures series.
Temas:
1986
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Health aspects.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Social aspects.
Communication in medicine > Belarus.
Communication in medicine > Europe, Eastern.
Health risk assessment > Government policy > Belarus.
Health risk assessment > Government policy > Europe, Eastern.
Radiation victims > Belarus > Attitudes.
Radiation victims > Europe, Eastern > Attitudes.
Health surveys > Belarus.
Health surveys > Europe, Eastern.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Accident nucléaire de Tchernobyl, Tchernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 > Aspect social.
Communication en médecine > Biélorussie.
Communication en médecine > Europe de l'Est.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Politique gouvernementale > Biélorussie.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Politique gouvernementale > Europe de l'Est.
Victimes irradiées > Biélorussie > Attitudes.
Victimes irradiées > Europe de l'Est > Attitudes.
Accident nucléaire de Tchernobyl, Tchernobyl, Ukraine, 1986.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Communication in medicine
Health risk assessment > Government policy
Health surveys
Social aspects
Ukraine
Belarus
Eastern Europe
Ukraine > Chornobylʹ
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
ENVIRONMENT/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Articulating the signs of danger
  • The work of living with it
  • Waves of Chernobyl invisibility
  • Twice invisible
  • No clear evidence
  • Setting the limits of knowledge
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix : data and methodology.

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