A Citizen's Right To Know: Risk Communication And Public Policy

by Susan G. Hadden

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367153410
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

In 1986, after the disastrous accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, Congress passed the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act. Hadden, an associate professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, conducted surveys in Texas, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, examining citizens' access to information about hazardous substances in their community. Well researched but blandly written, the book critiques administrative policies and is not a how-to manual for citizen activists. While Hadden's recommendations for information communication by agencies are helpful, the law has apparently not engendered much excitement. Recommended only where there is specific concern.-- Terry Plum, Middlebury Coll . Lib., Vt.

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