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UNINA9910807198203321 |
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Autore |
Heimann C. F. Larry (Clarence Fredrick) |
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Titolo |
Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / / C.F. Larry Heimann |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-69566-5 |
9786612695667 |
0-472-02326-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology - Risk assessment |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Understanding Agency Failure -- Chapter 2. Reliable Decision Making and the Influence of Political Incentives -- Chapter 3. Shifting Political Incentives at NASA and the FDA -- Chapter 4. Organizational Structure and the Design of Reliable Systems -- Chapter 5. Subordinate Expertise and Reliable Organizations -- Chapter 6. Systems versus Components: Seeking Greater Reliability at NASA and the FDA -- Chapter 7. Acceptable Risks -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The control of the use of beneficial but potentially dangerous technologies by the FDA and NASA. |
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