Shopping Our Way to Safety : How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves /

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Many Americans today rightly fear that they are exposed to toxins in their environment. Yet we have responded not by pushing for governmental regulation, but instead by shopping. Andrew Szasz examines this phenomenon and argues that when consumers believe that they are buying a defense from hazards,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Szasz, Andrew, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Environmental economics.
Consumption (Economics)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Économie de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Consumption (Economics) > United States.
Environmental economics > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Many Americans today rightly fear that they are exposed to toxins in their environment. Yet we have responded not by pushing for governmental regulation, but instead by shopping. Andrew Szasz examines this phenomenon and argues that when consumers believe that they are buying a defense from hazards, they feel less urgency to fix them. To achieve real protection, he concludes, we must give up individual solutions and together seek reform.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780816653706

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