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RECORD NUMBER: 14 OF 28| Main Title | Precautionary politics : principle and practice in confronting environmental risk / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Whiteside, Kerry H., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | MIT Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2006 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 65978707 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0262232553 (alk. paper); 0262731797 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780262232555; 9780262731799 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Environmental risk assessment ; Precautionary principle ; Political participation | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiii, 182 p. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Precaution at work : the case of agricultural biotechnology -- Debating precaution -- Comparing precaution in the United States and Europe -- Precautionary theory : science, uncertainty, and political authority -- Precaution and democratic deliberation -- Conclusion : precaution and environmental social learning. |