Risk, language, and power [[electronic resource] ] : the nanotechnology environmental policy case / / Jeffery T. Morris

• Autore: Morris Jeffery T. <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.18/9
• Soggetto topico: Deliberative democracy - United States; Environmental policy - United States - Public opinion; Nanotechnology - Environmental aspects - Government policy - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Ch01. Introduction; Ch02. Risk, Regulatory Science, and Nanotechnology; Ch03. Language and Nanotechnology; Ch04. Power and Its Grip on Environmental Discourse; Ch05. Implications for Environmental Risk Debates; Ch06. Conclusions and Proposed Path Forward; Appendix: Charts Describing How StatementsCan Be Organized; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Risk, Language, and Power applies discourse analysis to public policy debates about nanotechnology, to explore how risk is used in language and practice to frame those debates. Morris argues that regulatory science by itself is inadequate to address risk concerns, and that public policy initiatives should be applied to broaden policy discourse around the environmental implications of emerging technologies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Risk, language, and power
• ISBN: 1-280-65901-7; 9786613635945; 0-7391-7055-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790184903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II