1st Edition
A Citizen's Right To Know Risk Communication And Public Policy
By Susan G. Hadden
Copyright 1990
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1986, after the disastrous accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act. Under this act, many business facilities became subject to new reporting requirements with respect to the presence of hazardous substances. Hadden, an associate professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, conducted surveys relating to this act.
What Is Right to Know? 1 I The Need for Right to Know 2 I Gaining the Right to Know 3 I Implementing Right to Know: New Jersey and Texas Part 2 Aspects of Right to Know 4 I Institutional Factors 5 I Managing All the Data 6 I Imperfect Information 7 I Risk Perception and Risk Communication 8 I The Political Economy of RTK Part 3 Remedies: Making RTK Work 9 I Improving Right to Know 1O Empowering Citizens, Appendix: The Surveys
Biography
Susan G. Hadden
