Risk and Culture : An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers /

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Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely...

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Autores principales: Douglas, Mary (Autor), Wildavsky, Aaron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1983]
Temas:
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
anthropology.
climate change.
conservation.
crime.
cultural theory of risk.
danger.
economy.
environmentalism.
fear.
foreign affairs.
foreign policy.
global warming.
government policy.
hazard.
law and order.
media.
nonfiction.
personal politics.
personal protection.
political beliefs.
politics.
pollution.
risk management.
risk perception.
sense of danger.
social dangers.
social issues.
social organization.
society.
sociology.
technology.
worldview.
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