The Locator -- [(subject = "Consumer protection--United States")]

775 records matched your query       


Record 22 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Vogel, David, 1947-
Title:
The politics of precaution : regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States / David Vogel.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xii, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Consumer protection--Europe.
Consumer protection--United States.
Safety regulations--Europe.
Safety regulations--United States.
Public health laws--Europe.
Public health laws--United States.
Environmental policy--Europe.
Environmental policy--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The transatlantic shift in regulatory stringency -- Explaining regulatory policy divergence -- Food safety and agriculture -- Air pollution -- Chemicals and hazardous substances -- Consumer safety -- Public risk perceptions and the preferences of policy makers -- The law and politics of risk assessment -- Broader implications.
ISBN:
0691124167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691124162 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)747385652
LCCN:
2011031843
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.