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The Politics of Precaution : Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vogel, David, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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