03304nam 2200913 a 450 991095380450332120200520144314.0978067426764006742676489780674033535067403353110.4159/9780674033535(CKB)1000000000787066(OCoLC)654488763(CaPaEBR)ebrary10313866(SSID)ssj0000275034(PQKBManifestationID)12068232(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275034(PQKBWorkID)10341254(PQKB)10438386(SSID)ssj0001515032(PQKBManifestationID)12629633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515032(PQKBWorkID)11473196(PQKB)11237613(MiAaPQ)EBC3300148(DE-B1597)457778(OCoLC)1013966367(OCoLC)1029820144(OCoLC)1032682808(OCoLC)1037982082(OCoLC)1041973344(OCoLC)1046607312(OCoLC)1047005820(OCoLC)979746337(DE-B1597)9780674033535(Au-PeEL)EBL3300148(CaPaEBR)ebr10313866(OCoLC)432699721(Perlego)1133078(EXLCZ)99100000000078706620061117d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWorst-case scenarios /Cass R. Sunstein1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (351 p.) "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.9780674025103 0674025105 9780674032514 0674032519 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-327) and index.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 -- IndexNuclear 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.Risk perceptionPolicy sciencesClimatic changesGovernment policyUnited StatesTerrorismGovernment policyUnited StatesOzone layer depletionGovernment policyUnited StatesRisk perception.Policy sciences.Climatic changesGovernment policyTerrorismGovernment policyOzone layer depletionGovernment policy320.60973EC 5410rvkSunstein Cass R145553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953804503321Worst-case scenarios804994UNINA