Vermin, Victims and Disease

British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and Badgers

AvAngela Cassidy

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do about this complex problem have been the source of scientific, policy, and increasingly vociferous public debate ever since. This book integrates contemporary history, science and technology studies, human-animal relations, and policy research to conduct a cross-cutting analysis. It explores the worldviews of those involved with animal health, disease ecology and badger protection between the 1970s and 1990s, before reintegrating them to investigate the recent public polarisation of the controversy. Finally it asks how we might move beyond the current impasse.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-11
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:366
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030191887

Utforska kategorier

Centralt styre och förvaltning inom Samhälle och politik
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Angela Cassidy is a Lecturer in the Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR), University of Exeter, UK. She works across the history and social studies of science, researching public controversies and policy through an interdisciplinary lens.

Recensioner i media

“This book is a history of the science and policy behind Britain’s ongoing badger controversy. … The advantage of Dr Cassidy’s book is that she carefully peels back the layers and reveals the full complexity of a situation that seems to have little hope of immediate resolution. … Dr Cassidy’s style is admirably clear, jargon-free and without artifice.” (Peter J. Atkins, Agricultural History Review, Vol. 69 (1), 2021)

Innehållsförteckning

Part One: CONTEXTS.- 1 Of Badgers, Bovines and Bacteria.- 2 How the Badger Became Tuberculous.- Part Two: REFRAMING BOVINE TB (c.1960-1995).- 3 Changing Veterinary Knowledge.- 4 Pest Control and Ecology.- 5 Protecting the Badger?.- Part Three: CONTESTING ANIMAL HEALTH (1996-PRESENT).- 6 Cutting the Cake of Science and Policy.- 7 Building a Public Controversy.- 8 Conclusion – The Badgers Have Moved the Goalposts!.