The Bhopal Tragedy: Language, Logic, And Politics In The Production Of A Hazard
- ISBN-10
- 1000314863
- ISBN-13
- 9781000314861
- Series
- The Bhopal Tragedy
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07-11
- Publisher
- Routledge
- 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.
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Other editions
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- 1989-08-03
- 154 pages
- Paperback
- Avalon Publishing
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- 1986
- 190 pages
- Paperback
- Council on International and Public Affairs
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- 1985
- 235 pages
- Paperback
- Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth Malaysia
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