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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers



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Autore: Douglas Mary Visualizza persona
Titolo: Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
Disciplina: 304
Soggetto topico: Risk management
Risk
Risk - Social aspects
Risk assessment
Environmental impact analysis
Technology - Risk assessment
Teknologi
Risikoledelse
Miljøet
Soggetto non controllato: anthropology
climate change
conservation
crime
cultural theory of risk
danger
economy
environmentalism
fear
foreign affairs
foreign policy
global warming
government policy
hazard
law and order
media
nonfiction
personal politics
personal protection
political beliefs
politics
pollution
risk management
risk perception
sense of danger
social dangers
social issues
social organization
society
sociology
technology
worldview
Altri autori: WildavskyAaron B  
DouglasMary  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- I. Risks are Hidden -- II. Risks are Selected -- III. Scientists Disagree -- IV. Assessment is Biased -- V. The Center is Complacent -- VI. The Border is Alarmed -- VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- VIII. America Is A Border Country -- IX. The Dialogue is Political -- Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Can 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Risk and culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35523-6
9786612355233
0-520-90739-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778083903321
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