Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society

by Paul C. Stern

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Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists. The key task of risk characterization is to provide needed and appropriate information to decisionmakers and the public. This important new volume illustrates that making risks understandable to the public...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:030905396X

ISBN13:9780309053969

Release Date:June 1996

Publisher:National Academies Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Democracy Health Risk Assessment Ideologies & Doctrines Medical Medical Books Political Ideologies Political Science Politics & Government

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