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Author: Mary Douglas
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780415291149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptabilityas a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory, she instead uses the book to argue risk analysis from an anthropological perspective.
Author: Mary Douglas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1135033730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she found to be flawed by individualistic and psychologistic biases, she instead uses the book to argue risk analysis from an anthropological perspective. Douglas raises questions about rational choice, the provision of public good and the autonomy of the individual.
Author: Mary Douglas
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780415283977
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 230
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ajay Bailey
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9051708734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Taylor-Gooby
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2006-10-05
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0191536636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is designed as an introduction to recent social science work on risk and is intended primarily for students in sociology, social psychology, and psychology, although it will also be useful for those studying political science, government, public policy, and economics. It is written by leading experts actively involved in research in the field.
Author: Baruch Fischhoff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780521278928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA framework for making decisions about risks, with recommendations for research, public policy, and practice.
Author: Deborah G. Mayo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994-02-17
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0195358325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, communicating, and evaluating the evidence of risks, that is, issues of the acceptability of evidence of risk. By focusing on acceptable evidence, this volume avoids two barriers to progress. One barrier assumes that evidence of risk is largely a matter of objective scientific data and therefore uncontroversial. The other assumes that evidence of risk, being "just" a matter of values, is not amenable to reasoned critique. Denying both extremes, this volume argues for a more constructive conclusion: understanding the interrelations of scientific and value issues enables a critical scrutiny of risk assessments and better public deliberation about social choices. The contributors, distinguished philosophers, policy analysts, and natural and social scientists, analyze environmental and medical controversies, and assumptions underlying views about risk assessment and the scientific and statistical models used in risk management.
Author: Hamilton Cravens
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780813533414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens when the allegedly value-free social sciences enter the national political arena? In The Social Sciences Go to Washington, scholars examine the effects of the massive influx of sociologists, demographers, economists, educators, and others to the federal advisory process in the postwar period. Essays look at how these social scientists sought to change existing policies in welfare, public health, urban policy, national defense, environmental policy, and science and technology policy, and the ways they tried to influence future policies. Policymakers have been troubled that followers of postmodernism have questioned the legitimacy of scientific and political authority to speak for the desires of social groups. As the social sciences increasingly become expressions of individual preferences, the contributors ask, how can they continue to be used to set public policy for us all? This collection is a useful resource for anyone studying the relationship between science and the government in the postwar years.
Author: Judith Green
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781857285611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertainties of late 20th century life. This study traces the emergence of the "accident" as a marginal misfortune in modernist thought.
