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RECORD NUMBER: 543 OF 948Main 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. |