Description: Risk, Uncertainty, and Rational Action, Paperback by Jaeger, Carlo C. (EDT); Renn, Ortwin; Rosa, Eugene A.; Webler, Thomas, ISBN 1853837709, ISBN-13 9781853837708, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and managing risk - the 'rational actor paradigm'. They show how risk studies must incorporate the competing interests, values, and rationalities of those involved and find a balance of trust and acceptable risk. Their work points to a comprehensive and significant new theory of risk and uncertainty and of the decision making process they require. The implications for social, political, and environmental theory and practice are enormous. Winner of the 2 Outstanding Publication Award of the Section on Environment and Technology of the American Sociological Association
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Book Title: Risk, Uncertainty, and Rational Action
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Risk, Uncertainty and RATIONAL Action
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Environmental / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Insurance / Risk Assessment & Management
Publication Year: 2001
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 6.1 in
Author: Thomas Webler, Ortwin Renn, Eugene A. Rosa, Carlo C. Jaeger
Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Series: Earthscan Risk in Society Ser.
Item Width: 9.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
