Politics of asbestos : understandings of risk, disease and protest

By:

Waldman, Linda

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Earthscan 2011Description: xiv,217pISBN:

1849711089

DDC classification:

363.1791 WAL

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Planning	363.1791 WAL	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:47272		008825

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CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements xi Acronyms xiii 1 Introduction: The Problem of Asbestos 1 2 'I've Got the Dust as Well1: Asbestos Litigation, Pleural Plaques and Masculinity in the UK 19 3 Evaluating Science and Risk: Living with and Dying from Asbestos in South Africa 49 4 'Show Me the Evidence': Science and Risk in Indian Asbestos Issues 73 5 'Through No Fault of Our Own': Asbestos Diseases in South Africa and the UK 109 6 Reframing Risk: Comparative Framings of Asbestos and Disease 143 7 Conclusion: Diseased Identities and Social Justice 179 References 187 Index 209

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