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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Michigan Press 2010.
Subjects:
United States. > Food and Drug Administration.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States. > Food and Drug Administration
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Technology > Risk assessment.
Technologie > Évaluation du risque.
Technology > Risk assessment
Electronic resource.
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.

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