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Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk
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Verlag: | Palgrave Pivot |
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Veröffentl.: | 31.10.2013 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781137343123 |
Sprache: | englisch |
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Beschreibungen
Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and elsewhere in the context of historical and contemporary understandings of radiation-caused health and reproductive effects.
1. Introduction 2. Why Nuclear Power 3. Fukushima Disaster 4. Radiation Effects 5. Conclusion
<p>Majia Holmer Nadesan is a professor at Arizona State University. She has published a number of books examining the bioethics and biopolitics of social governance and human welfare: Constructing Autism, Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life, and Governing Childhood: Biopolitical Strategies of Childhood Education and Management. Her work addresses how powerful market forces, state sovereignty, and expert knowledge shape public health and welfare.</p>