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The Politics of Asbestos: Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest - Pathways to Sustainability Waldman, Linda (Research Fellow, Knowledge, Technology and Society Team, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex University) 1st edition
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The Politics of Asbestos: Understandings of Risk, Disease and Protest - Pathways to Sustainability
Waldman, Linda (Research Fellow, Knowledge, Technology and Society Team, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex University)
Based on anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa, this book explores people's understandings of their asbestos-related diseases, risk, compensation and regulation, contrasting these personal and community narratives with formal medical and legal understandings.
232 pages, Photographs, maps, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 18, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781849711074 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 243 × 22 mm · 504 g |
| Language | English |