Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and elsewhere in the context of historical and contemporary understandings of radiation-caused health and reproductive effects.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-31
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:346 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:149
Upplaga:2013
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137343116

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Majia Holmer Nadesan is a professor at Arizona State University. She has published a number of books examining the bioethics and biopolitics of social governance and human welfare: Constructing Autism, Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life, and Governing Childhood: Biopolitical Strategies of Childhood Education and Management. Her work addresses how powerful market forces, state sovereignty, and expert knowledge shape public health and welfare.

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"The most thorough, documented analysis of the radiation effects of the Fukushima disaster I know of, with an unsparing account of 68 years of nuclear denial." Charles Perrow, Yale University, USA