Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union: Controlling Chaos

by Lina M. Svedin, Thad E. Hall, Adam Luedtke, et al.

Book Overview

Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349382876
• ISBN13: 9781349382873
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"