Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk

by Nadesan, Majia Holmer

• ISBN13: 9781137343116
• ISBN10: 1137343117
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-10-31
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Summary

The Fukushima nuclear disaster is among the worst nuclear accidents in history. What environmental and public health effects can be expected from the widespread radiation contamination? Majia Holmer Nadesan offers a detailed look at the Fukushima disaster, examines evidence of contamination in Japan and North America, and reviews preliminary research on the human and environmental effects of the disaster. Her findings are contextualized in relation to historical and present understandings of ionizing radiation and genomic instability.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Why Nuclear Power
3. Fukushima Disaster
4. Radiation Effects
5. Conclusion