Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union: Controlling Chaos

Luedtke, A.; Svedin, L.; Hall, Thad E.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-07-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230620490

DOI: 10.1057/9780230109476

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 213