The politics of precaution regulating health safety and environmental risks in europe and the united states by davidvogel princeton princeton university press 2012 332p 3950 volume . The politics of precaution regulating health safety and environmental risks in europe and the united states amazonde vogel david fremdsprachige bucher. The politics of precautionexamines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the united states and europe over the last five decades explaining why america and europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently it finds that between 1960 and 1990 american health safety and environmental regulations were more stringent risk averse comprehensive and innovative than those adopted in europe but since around 1990 the book shows global regulatory . Pithe politics of precaution i examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the united states and europe over the last five decades explaining why america and europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently it finds that between 1960 and 1990 american health safety and environmental regulations were more stringent risk averse . The politics of precaution regulating health safety and environmental risks in europe and the united states princeton nj princeton university press 336 pages isbn 9780691124162 3950 cloth by vogel david 2012 kate oneill uc berkeley search for more papers by this author kate oneill uc berkeley search for more papers by this author first published 19 march 2014 https