The Earthscan Reader in Risk and Modern Society
Published on 1. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-85383-504-9 (ISBN)
Description
More and more social, political and environmental questions turn on the risks involved. Identifying, assessing and managing risks is correspondingly increasingly important for many professionals, for policy makers and for students and researchers in social and environmental sciences. This volume brings together seminal contributions on risk analysis, accompanied by an extensive editorial introduction laying out the issues for different areas of risk research and a framework for interpreting them. It will be an essential sourcebook for all those working in the area.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85383-504-9 (9781853835049)
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Previous edition
Ragnar E. Lofstedt | Lynn J. Frewer
The Earthscan Reader in Risk and Modern Society
Book
09/1998
Earthscan Ltd
€114.87
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Content
Introduction * The Social Construction of Risk * Risk Comparisons * Cultural Theory: an Alternative to the Psychometric Paradigm? * From Risk Perception to Risk Communication * The Importance of the Media and the Social Amplification of Risk * Trust * Mental Models * Optimistic Bias or Unreal Optimism * Examples of What Social Scientists Can Do.