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Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response

Eric Tucker

Addresses the politics of recognition in case studies of the long-haul trucking industry, repetitive strain injuries, and lung disease in miners. This text considers the politics of response in studies of a factory fire, the loss of an offshore oilrig, lung disease among miners, a mine explosion, and the prosecution of health and safety offences.

GenresIndustrial accidentsGovernment policyIndustrial safetyOccupational diseases

328 pages, 5 editions

English edition · First published 2006 by Routledge · ISBN 9781315223322

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Editions

5 editions

English

  • Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response · Routledge · 2017 · ISBN 9781315223322 This page
  • Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response · Routledge · 2016 · ISBN 9781351840552
  • Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response · Routledge · 2016 · ISBN 9781351840545
  • Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response · Taylor & Francis Group · 2016 · ISBN 9781351840538
  • Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response · Baywood Publishing · 2006 · ISBN 9780895033192

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