Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 oct 2013

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.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137343116
ISBN-10: 1137343117
Pagini: 149
Ilustrații: VIII, 149 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2013
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction 2. Why Nuclear Power 3. Fukushima Disaster 4. Radiation Effects 5. Conclusion

Recenzii

"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

Notă biografică

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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