Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union [electronic resource] : Controlling Chaos /
Luedtke, A.author.
Svedin, L.author.
Hall, Thad E.author.
Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk.
International economics.
International relations.
Political science.
Social policy.
Cultural policy.
Public policy.
International Economics.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Social Policy.
Cultural Policy and Politics.
Public Policy.