LEADER 04313nam 2201177 a 450 001 9910809074603321 005 20240131143200.0 010 $a1-282-35523-6 010 $a9786612355233 010 $a0-520-90739-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520907393 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765348 035 $a(EBL)470821 035 $a(OCoLC)609849891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365380 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12103458 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365380 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403097 035 $a(PQKB)10375963 035 $a(DE-B1597)520725 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520907393 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470821 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676258 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235523 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470821 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765348 100 $a19841010d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRisk and culture$ean essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1982 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? --$tI. Risks are Hidden --$tII. Risks are Selected --$tIII. Scientists Disagree --$tIV. Assessment is Biased --$tV. The Center is Complacent --$tVI. The Border is Alarmed --$tVII. The Border Fears For Nature --$tVIII. America Is A Border Country --$tIX. The Dialogue is Political --$tConclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aCan we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture. 606 $aRisk management$2FBC 606 $aRisk$2FBC 606 $aRisk$xSocial aspects$2FBC 606 $aRisk assessment 606 $aEnvironmental impact analysis 606 $aTechnology$xRisk assessment 606 $aTeknologi$2FBC 606 $aRisikoledelse$2FBC 606 $aMiljøet$2FBC 610 $aanthropology. 610 $aclimate change. 610 $aconservation. 610 $acrime. 610 $acultural theory of risk. 610 $adanger. 610 $aeconomy. 610 $aenvironmentalism. 610 $afear. 610 $aforeign affairs. 610 $aforeign policy. 610 $aglobal warming. 610 $agovernment policy. 610 $ahazard. 610 $alaw and order. 610 $amedia. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $apersonal politics. 610 $apersonal protection. 610 $apolitical beliefs. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apollution. 610 $arisk management. 610 $arisk perception. 610 $asense of danger. 610 $asocial dangers. 610 $asocial issues. 610 $asocial organization. 610 $asociety. 610 $asociology. 610 $atechnology. 610 $aworldview. 615 7$aRisk management. 615 7$aRisk. 615 7$aRisk$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aRisk assessment. 615 0$aEnvironmental impact analysis. 615 0$aTechnology$xRisk assessment. 615 7$aTeknologi 615 7$aRisikoledelse 615 7$aMiljøet 676 $a304 686 $2z 700 $aDouglas$b Mary, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$081710 701 $aWildavsky$b Aaron B$0229701 701 $aDouglas$b Mary$081710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809074603321 996 $aRisk and culture$94032626 997 $aUNINA