The Enigma of Automobility
Democratic Politics and Pollution Control
Published on 23. November 2010
218 pages
978-0-8229-7488-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Sudhir Chella Rajan is professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. Automobile Pollution and the "Cure" of Politics
- 2. Automobile Regulation and the Question of Justice
- 3. Individualism and the Risks of Automobility
- 4. Regulating In-Use Motor Vehicle Pollution in California
- 5. Risk Management as a Normative Enterprise: Regulatory Discourse on the Older Vehicle
- 6. Conclusions: Civil Society and Automobility
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
