Risk in the technological society. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christoph Hohenemser and Jeanne X. Kasperson.
• Editors: Hohenemser, Christoph; Kasperson, Jeanne X
• Other Names: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Contents: Introduction -- Failures in Managing Technological Risk -- Overview: Cases in Point -- Why Government Must Make a Mess of Technological Risk Management -- Three Mile Island: Lessons for America -- Three Mile Island: Lessons for Government -- Love Canal: A Review of Government Actions -- Love Canal: Uncertain Science, Politics, and Law -- The Structure of Technological Risk -- Overview: Causality, Perception, and Uncertainty in Technological Risk -- Causal Structure: A Framework for Policy Formulation -- Rating the Risks: The Structure of Expert and Lay Perceptions -- The Regulation of Carcinogenic Hazards -- Defining Tolerable Risk Levels -- Overview: Towards Determining Acceptable Risk -- Comment on Societal Risk -- Risks of Risk Decisions -- Dealing with Industrial Health Risks: A Stepwise Goal-Oriented Concept -- Longevity Benefits and Costs of Reducing Various Risks -- Agenda for Research -- Overview: Two Research Perspectives -- Issues in Risk Analysis -- A Proposal for International Risk Management Research
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.4/83; Technology -- Risk assessment -- Congresses; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Technology -- Risk assessment; Electronic books; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429304873; 0429304870; 9781000310191; 1000310191; 9781000274257; 9781000238310; 1000238318
• Related ISBNs: 100027425X; 9780367286125
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 2, 2019)
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