000 01012nam a2200157Ia 4500
020 _a1849711089
082 _a363.1791
_bWAL
100 _aWaldman, Linda
245 _aPolitics of asbestos : understandings of risk, disease and protest
260 _aLondon
_bEarthscan
_c2011
300 _axiv,217p.
500 _aCONTENTS 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
890 _aUnited Kingdom
891 _aSchool of Planning, CEPT Uni.
999 _c25964
_d25964