| Description |
xvii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives. 1. The Role of Theory in Risk Studies / Sheldon Krimsky. 2. A Social and Programmatic History of Risk Research / Dominic Golding. 3. Concepts of Risk: A Classification / Ortwin Renn -- Pt. II. Social, Cultural, and Psychological Paradigms. 4. Cultural Theory and Risk Analysis / Steve Rayner. 5. Perception of Risk: Reflections on the Psychometric Paradigm / Paul Slovic. 6. The Social Amplification of Risk: Progress in Developing an Integrative Framework / Roger E. Kasperson. 7. The Social Arena Concept of Risk Debates / Ortwin Renn. 8. Social Drama and Risk Evaluation / Ingar Palmlund -- Pt. III. The Role of Science in Risk Assessment. 9. Public Wisdom, Expert Fallibility: Toward a Contextual Theory of Risk / Harry Otway. 10. Heuristics, Biases, and the Not-So-General Publics: Expertise and Error in the Assessment of Risks / William R. Freudenburg. 11. Three Types of Risk Assessment and the Emergence of Post-Normal Science / Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz. 12. Risk and Social Learning: Reification to Engagement / Brian Wynne -- Pt. IV. Policy and Decision Frameworks. 13. A Conceptual Framework for Managing Low-Probability Events / Howard Kunreuther. 14. Expert Knowledge and Public Values in Risk Management: The Role of Decision Analysis / Detlof von Winterfeldt. 15. Inconsistent Values in Risk Management / Chris Whipple -- Reflections / Sheldon Krimsky and Dominic Golding |
| Analysis |
Risks Sociology |
| Notes |
Contains rev. versions of papers from a workshop, held in Jan. 1991, in Cambridge, Mass. and additional contributions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-397) and index |
| Subject |
Risk -- Sociological aspects -- Congresses.
|
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
|
| Author |
Golding, Dominic.
|
|
Krimsky, Sheldon.
|
| LC no. |
91047739 |
| ISBN |
027594168X (alk. paper) |
|
0275943178 (paperback: alk. paper) |
|
