Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wildavsky, Aaron B.

Description

1. ix, 221 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. The concern of many Americans with dangers to the natural environment is not justified rationally, according to the authors, but results from American cultural biases and the political goals of environmentalists.

Subject

1. Risk
2. Social ecology
3. Culture
4. Risk-taking (Psychology)
5. Environmental policy > United States
6. Environmental policy
7. United States

Contents

1. Introduction : can we know the risks we face? -- Risks are hidden -- Risks are selected -- Scientists disagree -- Assessment is biased -- The center is complacent -- The border is alarmed -- The border fears for nature -- America is a border country -- The dialogue is political -- Conclusion : risk is a collective construct.

Call number

1. JFD 82-1741

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author.

Title

1. Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers / Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky.

Imprint

1. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1982.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents

Added author

1. Wildavsky, Aaron B., author.

LCCN

1. 81016318

ISBN

1. 0520044916
2. 9780520044913

Research call number

1. JFD 82-1741