Risk in the modern age : social theory, science, and environmental decision-making

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Risk in the modern age : social theory, science, and environmental decision-making

edited by Maurie J. Cohen

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 2000

  • : uk
  • : us

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"In association with Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: us ISBN 9780312222161

内容説明

Environmental decision-making in recent decades has become increasingly dependent on scientific expertise. Grounded in universal principles of knowledge, these expert evaluations often depart from the assessments of ordinary members of the public. Whether the issue is nuclear power, genetic testing, food safety, or biodiversity, conservation lay people are increasingly charging experts with being ignorant of local contextual considerations. Scientists, as well as many policy-makers, in turn contend that the public is hopelessly irrational in gauging environmental risks. A growing group of social theorists has begun to take a keen interest in these disputes because risk captures central themes of late modernity. Increasing individualization, emerging new social movements, and declining public trust in key institutions are notions that loom large in these debates. Highlighting both theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume brings together a distinguished group of environmental sociologists who critique and extend current thinking on what it means to live in a 'risk society'.
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: uk ISBN 9780333726396

内容説明

From nuclear power to food safety, scientific experts and members of the lay public differ sharply on the assessment of risk. Is there any way to bridge the divide between these competing epistemologies? In recent years social theorists have begun to turn their attention to this perplexing issue and to examine what risk controversies might be able to tell us about the current phase of modernity. This volume consists of contributions by leading environmental sociologists who explore how sociological insights can help inform environmental decision-making.

目次

  • List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION Sociology, Social Theory, and Risk: An Introductory Discussion
  • M.J.Cohen SECTION 2: CRITIQUES OF RISK AND RATIONALITY The Rational Action Paradigm in Risk Theories: Analysis and Critique
  • O.Renn, C.Jaeger, E.A.Rosa & T.Webler Menus of Choice: The Social Embeddedness of Decisions
  • K.Purcell, L.Clarke & L.Renzulli SECTION 3: THEORETICAL EXTENSIONS OF THE RISK SOCIETY Dealing with Environmental Risks in Reflexive Modernity
  • J.Hogenboom, A.Mol & G.Spaargaren The Risk Society Reconsidered: Recreancy, The Division of Labor, and Risks to the Social Fabric
  • W.R.Freudenburg SECTION 4: EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENTS OF REFLECTIVE MODERNIZATION Outsiders Just Don't Understand: The Need for Contextual Inquiry About Life in the Contaminated World
  • M.Edelstein The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Localized Environmental Catastrophe: Dis(similarities) to the Risk Society
  • J.S.Picou & D. Gill SECTION 5: RISK AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING Discovering and Inventing Extreme Environments: Sociological Knowledge and Publics At Risk
  • S.R.Couch, S.Kroll-Smith & J.Kinder Scientific Evidence or Lay People's Experience? On Risk and Trust with Regard to Modern Environmental Threats
  • R.Lidskog Taming Risks Through Dialogue: The Social Function of Discursive Institutions in Late Modernity
  • K.Eder Section 6: CONCLUSION An Historical Perspective on Risk
  • D.Lowenthal Index

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