{"product_id":"risk-and-adaptation-in-a-cancer-cluster-town-9781978823532","title":"Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town","description":"In disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk assessment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRisk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town\u003c\/i\u003e, Laura Hart examines another understudied dimension of community inaction: the role of emotion and its relationship to community experiences of social belonging and inequality. Using a cancer cluster community in Northwest Ohio as a case study, Hart advances an approach to risk that grapples with the complexities of community belonging, disconnect, and disruption in the wake of suspected industrial pollution. Her research points to a fear driven not only by economic anxiety, but also by a fear of losing security within the community--a sort of pride that is not only about status, but connectedness. Hart reveals the importance of this social form of risk--the desire for belonging and the risk of not belonging--ultimately arguing that this is consequential to how people make judgements and respond to issues. Within this context where the imperative for self-protection is elusive, affected families experience psychosocial and practical conflicts as they adapt to cancer as a way of life. Considering a future where debates about risk and science will inevitably increase, Hart considers possibilities for the democratization of risk management and the need for transformative approaches to environmental justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Hart is an assistant professor of sociology at Missouri State University. Her previous publications include \"Emotion and Othering in a Contaminated Community\" (\u003ci\u003eEthnography\u003c\/i\u003e, 2022) and \"Half the Battle: Social Support and Coping among Women with Cancer\" (\u003ci\u003eQualitative Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390818717970,"sku":"9781978823532","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13c7fc88-85e0-4b3b-a7bf-674357012f4b.jpg?v=1728956736","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/risk-and-adaptation-in-a-cancer-cluster-town-9781978823532","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}