Learning from Disaster: Risk Management After Bhopal

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1994

Learning from Disaster

Risk Management After Bhopal

Edited by: Sheila Jasanoff

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series Law in Social Context

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512803358

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title The 1984 lethal gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, may be the most extensively studied industrial disaster in history. In a departure from earlier studies that have focused primarily on the causes of the catastrophe, Sheila Jasanoff and the contributors to this volume critically examine the consequences of the accident.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
1. Introduction: Learning from Disaster Sheila Jasanoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Restructuring of Union Carbide Wil Lepkowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
3. Legal and Political Repercussions in India Armin Rosencranz, Shyam Divan and Antony Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Industrial Risk Management in India Since Bhopal B. Bowonder, Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger E. Kasperson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. Citizen Participation in Environmental Policy Making Susan G. Hadden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6. Disaster Prevention in Europe Josée van Eijndhoven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. The Transnational Traffic in Legal Remedies Marc Galanter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Bad Arithmetic: Disaster Litigation as Less Than the Sum of 158 Its Parts Tom Durkin and William L. F. Felstiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
9. Toxic Politics and Pollution Victims in the Third World Michael R. Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
10. Information and Disaster Prevention Frank N. Laird Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
11. The Capacity of International Institutions to Manage Bhopal-like Problems Peter M. Haas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
12. Societal Contradictions and Industrial Crises Paul Shrivastava Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 4 illus.
Keywords: Law; Business; Technology and Engineering; Human Rights; Law; Political Science; Public Policy

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Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512803358