The character of harms : operational challenges in control /

How should we deal with societal ills such as crime, poverty, pollution, terrorism, and corruption? The Character of Harms argues that control or mitigation of 'bad' things involves distinctive patterns of thought and action which turn out to be broadly applicable across a range of human e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sparrow, Malcolm K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Social problems > United States.
Social policy.
Social conflict > United States.
Public Policy
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
Politique sociale.
public policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Social conflict.
Social problems.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Which way up, and does it matter?
  • A different type of work
  • Defining problems : setting the scale
  • Defining problems : picking the dimensions
  • Patterns of thought and action
  • Puzzles of measurement
  • Structures, protocols, and interactions
  • Special categories of harms
  • Invisible harms
  • Conscious opponents
  • Catastrophic harms
  • Harms in equilibrium
  • Performance-enhancing risks.

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