Main Title |
Social theories of risk / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Praeger, |
Year Published |
1992 |
OCLC Number |
25164897 |
ISBN |
027594168X; 9780275941680; 0275943178; 9780275943172 |
Subjects |
Risk--Sociological aspects--Congresses ;
Analyse des risques ;
Risques technologiques ;
Aspects politiques ;
Aspects psychologiques ;
Analyse sociologique ;
Risico's ;
Theorieeen ;
Sociologische aspecten ;
Risiko--(DE-588)4050129-2 ;
Soziologische Theorie--(DE-588)4077628-1 ;
Kongress
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Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
HM201.S65 1992 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
06/14/2002 |
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Collation |
xvii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Notes |
Contains rev. versions of papers from a workshop, held in Jan. 1991, in Cambridge, Mass. and additional contributions. Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-397) and index. |
Contents Notes |
The role of theory in risk studies / Sheldon Krimsky -- A social and programmatic history of risk research / Dominic Golding -- Concepts of risk : a classification / Ortwin Renn -- Cultural theory and risk analysis / Steve Rayner -- Perception of risk : reflections on the psychometric paradigm / Paul Slovic -- The social amplification of risk : progress in developing an integrative framework / Roger E. Kasperson -- The social arena concept of risk debates / Ortwin Renn -- Social drama and risk evaluation / Ingar Palmlund -- Public wisdom, expert fallibility : toward a contextual theory of risk / Harry Otway -- Heuristics, biases, and the not-so-general publics : expertise and error in the assessment of risks / William R. Freudenburg. Three types of risk assessment and the emergence of post-normal science / Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz -- Risk and social learning : reification to engagement / Brian Wynne -- A conceptual framework for managing low-probability events / Howard Kunreuther -- Expert knowledge and public values in risk management : the role of decision analysis / Detlof von Winterfeldt -- Inconsistent values in risk management / Chris Whipple. |