Safe or Not Safe
Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2011
Book
Hardback
XII, 145 pages
978-1-4419-7867-7 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an EU workshop at the end of 2005, the book discusses risk and our food supply. The introductory chapter will discuss all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management. Following a discussion of risk, the authors will present three different case studies that will emphasize the following issues: What do we want as individuals, as a society What is the political context of the risk discussion When do we act and what are the costs of not acting/acting International trade and legal issues Moral dimensions of decision making How do we deal with the disproportionate "power" of the various stakeholders Rationality/emotive aspects of argumentation (connection between perception /live experiences, knowledge) What are facts- and do they change with time Psychological aspects: rapture of trust; the need for certainty; connection between danger, fear and risk
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"An additional subtitle to this excellent book should be 'risk management.' . This book will be useful for a wide audience, especially students, faculty, and researchers in environmental, food, risk management, political science, legal, and communication disciplines, as well as politicians and the concerned public. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (R. E. Buntrock, Choice, Vol. 49 (2), October, 2011)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 145 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-7867-7 (9781441978677)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-7868-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Paul Pechan | Ortwin Renn | Allan Watt
Safe or Not Safe
Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food
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10/2014
Springer
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Paul Pechan | Ortwin Renn | Allan Watt
Safe or Not Safe
Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food
E-Book
05/2011
1st Edition
Springer New York
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Persons
Paul Pechan is a researcher at the Department of Communication and Media Research, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. His background is in molecular biology but since 2000 he has been involved in the research and communication of science to the public and youth. His latest work includes scientific papers on information recall, texts for 5 health films and a UNESCO manual for teachers. Allan Watt is a research scientist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh. He has led several international projects with a focus on conflicts between human activities and biodiversity.Ingemar Pongratz is group leader and holds an Assistant Professorship at the Department for Biosciences and Nutrition at KI. Dr Pongratz's main research area is the biology and function of pHLH-PAS proteins and he leads his own research group studying the effects of dioxin exposure at the cellular level.Ortwin Renn serves as full professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University (Germany). He directs the Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Risk Governance and Sustainable Technology Development (ZIRN) at Stuttgart University and the non-profit company DIALOGIK, a research institute for the investigation of communication and participation processes in environmental policy making.
Content
1. Risks.- 2. Biodiversity at Risk.- 3. Chemical Contaminants in Food.- 4. The Food Choices We Make.