The Politics of Invisibility : Public Knowledge about Radiation Health Effects after Chernobyl /

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Olga Kuchinskaya explores how we know what we know about Chernobyl, describing how the consequences of a nuclear accident were made invisible. The analysis sheds valuable light on how we deal with other modern hazards - toxins or global warming - that are largely imperceptible to the human senses. T...

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Main Author: Kuchinskaya, Olga, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social aspects.
Health surveys.
Health risk assessment > Government policy.
Communication in medicine.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Accident nucleaire de Tchernobyl, Tchernobyl, Ukraine, 1986.
Victimes irradiees > Europe de l'Est > Attitudes.
Victimes irradiees > Bielorussie > Attitudes.
Risques pour la sante > Évaluation > Politique gouvernementale > Europe de l'Est.
Risques pour la sante > Évaluation > Politique gouvernementale > Bielorussie.
Communication en medecine > Europe de l'Est.
Communication en medecine > Bielorussie.
Accident nucleaire de Tchernobyl, Tchernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 > Aspect social.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
Health surveys > Europe, Eastern.
Health surveys > Belarus.
Radiation victims > Europe, Eastern > Attitudes.
Radiation victims > Belarus > Attitudes.
Health risk assessment > Government policy > Europe, Eastern.
Health risk assessment > Government policy > Belarus.
Communication in medicine > Europe, Eastern.
Communication in medicine > Belarus.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Social aspects.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Health aspects.
Ukraine > Chornobylʹ.
Eastern Europe.
Belarus.
Ukraine
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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