Acceptable Risks : Politics, Policy, And Risky Technologies.
Complex and risky technologies--technologies such as new drugs for the treatment of AIDS that promise great benefits to our society but carry significant risks--pose many problems for political leaders and the policy makers responsible for overseeing them. Public agencies such as the Food and Drug A...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2010.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Understanding Agency Failure; Chapter 2. Reliable Decision Making and the Influence of Political Incentives; Chapter 3. Shifting Political Incentives at NASA and the FDA; Chapter 4. Organizational Structure and the Design of Reliable Systems; Chapter 5. Subordinate Expertise and Reliable Organizations; Chapter 6. Systems versus Components: Seeking Greater Reliability at NASA and the FDA; Chapter 7. Acceptable Risks; References; Index.