Vermin, Victims and Disease

Angela Cassidy is a Lecturer in the Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR), University of Exeter, UK. She works across the history and social studies of science, researching public controversies and policy through an interdisciplinary lens.

• Part One: CONTEXTS.- 1 Of Badgers, Bovines and Bacteria.- 2 How the Badger Became Tuberculous.- Part Two: REFRAMING BOVINE TB (c.1960-1995).- 3 Changing Veterinary Knowledge.- 4 Pest Control and Ecology.- 5 Protecting the Badger?.- Part Three: CONTESTING ANIMAL HEALTH (1996-PRESENT).- 6 Cutting the Cake of Science and Policy.- 7 Building a Public Controversy.- 8 Conclusion – The Badgers Have Moved the Goalposts!.

“This book is a history of the science and policy behind Britain’s ongoing badger controversy. … The advantage of Dr Cassidy’s book is that she carefully peels back the layers and reveals the full complexity of a situation that seems to have little hope of immediate resolution. … Dr Cassidy’s style is admirably clear, jargon-free and without artifice.” (Peter J. Atkins, Agricultural History Review, Vol. 69 (1), 2021)