The Enigma of Automobility
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The Enigma of Automobility

Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Enigma of Automobility

Democratic Politics and Pollution Control

About this book

Rajan investigates air pollution policy as one based on how to make cars less polluting. Putting the onus on auto manufacturers and owners has generated an elaborate scheme of emissions testing and pollution-control devices, and does not look at the technology itself as the heart of the problem. Rajan focuses his study on data collected in Los Angeles, to show how emissions testing burdens the poor, who tend to own older cars that pollute more. Rajan argues for democratic control over technology, steering it away from special interest groups and toward a long-term ethical resolution.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures and Tables
  3. List of Abbreviations
  4. Preface
  5. 1. Automobile Pollution and the "Cure" of Politics
  6. 2. Automobile Regulation and the Question of Justice
  7. 3. Individualism and the Risks of Automobility
  8. 4. Regulating In-Use Motor Vehicle Pollution in California
  9. 5. Risk Management as a Normative Enterprise: Regulatory Discourse on the Older Vehicle
  10. 6. Conclusions: Civil Society and Automobility
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index

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