Democracy, Risk, and Community : Technological Hazards and the Evolution of Liberalism.
This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies. Opposed to most theories of risk that focus on individual decision makers and models or rational choice, this book argues that risks must be seen as intrinsically bothemerge...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
1998.
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Colección: | Environmental ethics and science policy.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies. Opposed to most theories of risk that focus on individual decision makers and models or rational choice, this book argues that risks must be seen as intrinsically bothemergent and political phenomena. As such, risks resist reduction to individual actors, events, or decisions. To fully understand and make policy for risk, then, it is necessary to recognize that risks call attention to the connections between individuals and events, to the power being exercised inthe det. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780195353129 0195353129 1280471409 9781280471407 9786610471409 6610471401 0585215715 9780585215716 |