The politics of precaution : regulating health, safety, and environmental risks in Europe and the United States / David Vogel.

Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2012.

xiv, 317 pages ; 24 cm

Published by Princeton University Press.

This book has been composed in Sabon.

Printed on acid-free paper.

Printed in the United States of America.

The Transatlantic Shift in Regulatory Stringency -- Explaining Regulatory Policy Divergence -- Food Safety and Agriculture -- Air Pollution -- Chemicals and Hazardous Substances -- Consumer Safety -- Public Risk Perceptions and the Preferences of Policy Makers -- The Law and Politics of Risk Assessment -- Broader Implications.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])