Bhopal: Anatomy of a CrisisBhopal native Shrivastava (management, Bucknell U., Pennsylvania) examines the general and specific causes for the 1984 toxic gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal that killed 3,000 people, and the impact on the injured, society, and industrial and regulatory organizations. Updated from the 1987 first edition to describe the lingering effects. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Crisis in Bhopal | 1 |
The Causes and Characteristics of Industrial | 7 |
Interdependent Events and Multiple Stakeholders | 22 |
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