Social theories of risk
The social science approach to risk has seen distinct paradigms developing in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and psychology. This book traces the intellectual origins and histories of 12 of the established and emerging paradigms from the perspective of their principal proponents.
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| Formato: | Libro |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger
1992
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- The role of theory in risk studies / Sheldon Krimsky
- A social and programmatic history of risk research / Dominic Golding
- Concepts of risk : a classification / Ortwin Renn
- Cultural theory and risk analysis / Steve Rayner
- Perception of risk : reflections on the psychometric paradigm / Paul Slovic
- The social amplification of risk : progress in developing an integrative framework / Roger E. Kasperson
- The social arena concept of risk debates / Ortwin Renn
- Social drama and risk evaluation / Ingar Palmlund
- Public wisdom, expert fallibility : toward a contextual theory of risk / Harry Otway
- Heuristics, biases, and the not-so-general publics : expertise and error in the assessment of risks / William R. Freudenburg. Three types of risk assessment and the emergence of post-normal science / Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz
- Risk and social learning : reification to engagement / Brian Wynne
- A conceptual framework for managing low-probability events / Howard Kunreuther
- Expert knowledge and public values in risk management : the role of decision analysis / Detlof von Winterfeldt
- Inconsistent values in risk management / Chris Whipple.
