Precautionary politics : principle and practice in confronting environmental risk / / Kerry H. Whiteside
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| Autore: |
Whiteside Kerry H. <1953->
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| Titolo: |
Precautionary politics : principle and practice in confronting environmental risk / / Kerry H. Whiteside
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xiii, 182 p |
| Disciplina: | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental risk assessment |
| Precautionary principle | |
| Political participation | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A study of the precautionary principle its meaning, its rationale, its policy implications, and the controversies provoked by its use in environmental regulation." |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Precautionary politics |
| ISBN: | 1-282-09754-7 |
| 9786612097546 | |
| 0-262-28612-2 | |
| 1-4294-1876-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910963748403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Urban and industrial environments.