Democracy, Risk, and Community: Technological Hazards and the Evolution of Liberalism
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This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies. Opposed to most theories of risk that focus on individual decision makers and models or rational choice, this book argues that risks must be seen as intrinsically both emergent and political phenomena. As such, risks resist reduction to individual actors, events, or decisions. To fully understand and make policy for risk,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195120086
ISBN13:9780195120080
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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