Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response

by Eric Tucker

Addresses the politics of recognition in case studies of the long-haul trucking industry, repetitive strain injuries, and lung disease in miners. This text considers the politics of response in studies of a factory fire, the loss of an offshore oilrig, lung disease among miners, a mine explosion, and the prosecution of health and safety offences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895033194
• ISBN13: 9780895033192
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"