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Autore |
Sunstein Cass R |
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Titolo |
Worst-case scenarios [[electronic resource] /] / Cass R. Sunstein |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Risk perception |
Policy sciences |
Climatic changes - Government policy - United States |
Terrorism - Government policy - United States |
Ozone layer depletion - Government policy - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-327) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Of Terrorism and Climate Change -- 2. A Tale of Two Protocols -- 3. Catastrophe -- 4. Irreversibility -- 5. Money -- 6. The Future -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. Sunstein explores these and other worst-case scenarios and how we might best prevent them in this vivid, illuminating, and highly original analysis. |
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