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Autore |
Whiteside Kerry H. <1953-> |
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Precautionary politics : principle and practice in confronting environmental risk / / Kerry H. Whiteside |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
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1-282-09754-7 |
9786612097546 |
0-262-28612-2 |
1-4294-1876-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Urban and industrial environments |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental risk assessment |
Precautionary principle |
Political participation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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. [161]-178) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Introduction -- 1 Precaution at Work: The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology -- 2 Debating Precaution -- 3 Comparing Precaution in the United States and Europe -- 4 Precautionary Theory: Science, Uncertainty, and Political Authority -- 5 Precaution and Democratic Deliberation -- Conclusion: Precaution and Environmental Social Learning -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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