1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007230790403321

Autore

Istituto nazionale di previdenza per i dirigenti di aziende industriali

Titolo

La previdenza per i dirigenti di aziende industriali : raccolta sistematica della normativa vigente coordinata e annotata / INPDAI ; a cura di Gaetano Italia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Giuffrè, 1992

Descrizione fisica

XIX, 247 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Lavoro e previdenza

Disciplina

344

Locazione

DDRC

Collocazione

L-II-65

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797188903321

Autore

Beamish Thomas D.

Titolo

Community at risk : biodefense and the collective search for security / / Thomas D. Beamish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford Business Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8047-9465-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

High Reliability and Crisis Management

Disciplina

363.325/360973

Soggetti

Risk management - Political aspects - United States

Biosecurity - United States - Public opinion

Biological laboratories - United States - Public opinion

Bioterrorism - Prevention - Research - Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

Local government - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Conceptual Footings of Risk and Governance -- Chapter 2. Risk Communication, Local Civics, and Discourse -- Chapter 3. Davis, California -- Chapter 4. Roxbury, Massachusetts -- Chapter 5. Galveston, Texas -- Conclusion. The Civic Politics of Risk -- Appendix. Research Strategy -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2001, following the events of September 11 and the Anthrax attacks, the United States government began an aggressive campaign to secure the nation against biological catastrophe. Its agenda included building National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs), secure facilities intended for research on biodefense applications, at participating universities around the country. In Community at Risk, Thomas D. Beamish examines the civic response to local universities' plans to develop NBLs in three communities: Roxbury, MA; Davis, CA; and Galveston, TX. At a time when the country's anxiety over its security had peaked, reactions to the biolabs ranged from vocal public opposition to acceptance and embrace. He argues that these divergent responses can be accounted



for by the civic conventions, relations, and virtues specific to each locale. Together, these elements clustered, providing a foundation for public dialogue. In contrast to conventional micro- and macro-level accounts of how risk is perceived and managed, Beamish's analysis of each case reveals the pivotal role played by meso-level contexts and political dynamics. Community at Risk provides a new framework for understanding risk disputes and their prevalence in American civic life.