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"These abridgements of The Plan for Perpetual Peace (published 1761), On the Government of Poland (1771-1772), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's other writings on history and politics represent his considerations of the practical applications of key principles developed in his best-known theoretical writings. In this latest volume in the classic series, Rousseau reflects on projects for a European union; the possibilities for governmental reform for France, including the polysynody experiment; international relations; and the establishment of governments for Poland and Corsica, both recently liberated from foreign oppression. Taken together, these works offer definitive insights into Rousseau's decidedly nonutopian thoughts on cosmopolitanism and nationalism, and on the theory and practice of politics."--Jacket

We set out to explore potential influences on public views about urban air quality in two different, but geographically close, districts in North‐East England via a postal survey. The neighborhoods surveyed were chosen to contrast material deprivation, proximity to industry, and two districts (Teesside and Sunderland), and the respondents within them were contrasted by their gender, age, and illness status. The strongest influences on views about local air quality were found to be proximity to industry, residence in Teesside, and, to a lesser extent, age and illness status. This suggests that neighborhood characteristics play an important role in shaping public perceptions of air quality.

There is a substantial literature on notions of public trust in relation to risks from environmental and technological hazards. Rather less work has sought to explore trust in terms of professional interstakeholder relations in this context. Drawing on a case study for northern England, we consider dimensions of trust amongst those with a 'professional' involvement in the arena of environmental hazards and public health. We explore specifically the interrelated themes of scientific uncertainty and expertise, which were central to the shaping of trust relations. Against a background of indeterminacy in the scientific search for causality in environment–health relationships, the empirical work on which the paper is based is also set in a context of change and insecurity in organisational terms. The notion of 'independence' was brought into question through aspects of role demarcation while concerns about levels of expertise were superimposed with a sense of exclusion of community groups from 'official' environment–health debates. We argue that a simple deficit approach was being adopted on the part of salaried professionals towards community involvement in such debates.