The Bhopal Tragedy: Language, Logic, and Politics in the Production of a Hazard

ISBN-10: 0367290332
ISBN-13: 9780367290337
Series: The Bhopal Tragedy
Pages: 154
Language: English
Published: 2019-09-13
Author: William Bogard

Description

This book offers a critical theory of hazards, which the Bhopal tragedy would serve to highlight. It provides a general model of how hazards existed in Bhopal come to be defined and symbolically manipulated--through the institutionalized use of expert knowledge and political persuasion.