Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers
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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers
University of California Press, 1983 , c1982
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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers
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内容説明
Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.
目次
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Can We Know the Risks We Face?
I Risks are Hidden
II Risks are Selected
III Scientists Disagree
IV Assessment is Biased
v The Center is Complacent
VI The Border is Alarmed
VII The Border Fears for Nature
VIII America is a Border Country
IX The Dialogue is Political
Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct
Notes
Index
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