Format:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 316p. 36 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9784431539155
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
The purpose of this book is to make a contribution to scientific research on asbestos disasters and policies in Japan by means of an interdisciplinary study project. This approach is inevitable since the asbestos issue has the characteristic aspects of economy, society, medicine, epidemiology, construction, public policy and so forth. This book has the following two unique points. One is the first contribution to asbestos study through interdisciplinary methods of the world. The other is the introduction of pollution policy problems in Japan. The latter is important when we consider that Japan s pollution cases have not introduced so far in English book although Japan has been famous in serious pollutions compared to other developed countries. This book will be especially remarked by many of asbestos researchers since there are only a few books on asbestos problems with social scientific and interdisciplinary approaches. The authors particularly aim to extend the Japan s experience of asbestos disasters and public policies to Asian countries in order to contribute to prevent future victims since those countries still use a huge amount of asbestos to promote economic growth. The book will support the decision making of public policy for asbestos use in these countries when the scholars and governmental officials read it. While developed countries are faced with asbestos compensation issues though many of them prohibited asbestos use, developing countries will suffer from asbestos disasters that Japan and other developed countries now experience. It is a crucial time to publish this book.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Asbestos_Frontmatter_O.pdf; Asbestos_Ch01_O.pdf; Chapter 1: A Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters; 1.1 The Impact of Asbestos Disasters; 1.2 A Social Scientific Perspective on Asbestos Disasters; 1.2.1 Complex-Stock Disasters; 1.2.2 The Issue of Responsibility for Asbestos Disasters; 1.3 An Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety and Health; 1.3.1 The Labor Economics Approach; 1.3.2 The Post-Keynesian Economics Approach; 1.3.3 The Institutional Economics Approach; 1.3.4 The Marxian Economics Approach; 1.4 Toward a Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters; References; Asbestos_Ch02_O.pdf
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Chapter 2: An Exploration of Measures Against Industrial Asbestos Accidents *2.1 Industrial Asbestos Accidents and the Status of Current Countermeasures; 2.1.1 The Status of Asbestos Exposure and Relief Measures; 2.1.2 Epidemiological Studies (and Projections); 2.1.3 Regulations and Follow-Up Countermeasures for Asbestos Businesses and Related Facilities; 2.2 The Asbestos Crisis and Modern Political and Economic Systems; 2.2.1 International Trends in Asbestos Use and Contamination; 2.2.2 The Asbestos Crisis as a Product of Flaws in Modern Socioeconomic Systems
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2.3 Responsibility for, and Relief from, Complex Stock Pollution2.3.1 Judicial Relief and Administrative Relief: Experiences at the Country Level; 2.3.1.1 Asbestos Litigation in the US; 2.3.1.2 The Public Relief Framework in France; 2.3.2 Issues for Future Study; References; Asbestos_Ch03_O.pdf; Chapter 3: Why Did the Asbestos Disaster Spread?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Insufficient Application of Current Medical Knowledge of the Toxicity of Asbestos to Public Policies; 3.2.1 Prewar; 3.2.2 Postwar; 3.3 Commitments of Governments and Industries; 3.3.1 Prewar; 3.3.2 Postwar
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3.4 Cost of Asbestos Products3.5 Information Manipulation and Abuse of the Knowledge Gap Among Stakeholders; References; Asbestos_Ch04_O.pdf; Chapter 4: Asbestos Pollution and Its Health Effects: Asbestos-Related Diseases in Japan; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Postwar Asbestos Use in Japan; 4.3 Current Asbestos-Related Disease Trends; 4.3.1 Types of Asbestos-Related Diseases; 4.3.2 Pulmonary Asbestosis; 4.3.3 Lung Cancer; 4.3.4 Mesothelioma; 4.3.5 Benign Asbestos Pleurisy; 4.4 Workers Accident Insurance Compensation for Patients with Asbestos-Related Diseases
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4.5 Relief Measures for Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Induced Lung Cancer Patients4.5.1 Relief Benefits; 4.5.2 Special Benefit for Bereaved Families; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; References; Asbestos_Ch05_O.pdf; Chapter 5: Mesothelioma Due to Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure: A Large-Scale, Ongoing Disaster Among Residents Living Near a Fo; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Beginning; 5.3 Proposal for an Epidemiological Survey; 5.4 Interim Developments; 5.5 Results of Epidemiological Survey; 5.5.1 Confirmation of Asbestos Exposure and Underlying Cause of Death; 5.5.2 Subjects for Analysis
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5.5.3 Emitting Source of Crocidolite in the Study Area
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9784431539148
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. ISBN 978-4-431-53914-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-4-431-53915-5
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