Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public PolicyM Waterstone Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 6 - 179 páginas Life in the last quarter of the twentieth century presents a baffling array of complex issues. The benefits of technology are arrayed against the risks and hazards of those same technological marvels (frequently, though not always, arising as side effects or by-products). This confrontation poses very difficult choices for individuals as well as for those charged with making public policy. Some of the most challenging of these issues result because of the ability of technological innovation and deployment to outpace the capacity of institutions to assess and evaluate implications. In many areas, the rate of technological advance has now far outstripped the capabilities of institutional monitoring and control. While there are many instances in which technological advance occurs without adverse consequences (and in fact, yields tremendous benefits), frequently the advent of a major innovation brings a wide array of unforeseen and (to some) undesirable effects. This problem is exacerbated as the interval between the initial development of a technology and its deployment is shortened, since the opportunity for cautious appraisal is decreased. |
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... University , New York , USA Jeryl Mumpower , State University of New York , Albany , USA Stuart F. Spicker , School of Medicine , University of Connecticut Health Center , Farmington , USA Pieter Jan M. Stallen , Institute for ...
... University , New York , USA Jeryl Mumpower , State University of New York , Albany , USA Stuart F. Spicker , School of Medicine , University of Connecticut Health Center , Farmington , USA Pieter Jan M. Stallen , Institute for ...
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... University of Virginia . DAVID S. BARON graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and Cum Laude from Cornell Law School , where he was Article Editor for the Cornell Law Review . He clerked for Judge Anthony Celebrezze of ...
... University of Virginia . DAVID S. BARON graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and Cum Laude from Cornell Law School , where he was Article Editor for the Cornell Law Review . He clerked for Judge Anthony Celebrezze of ...
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... University , and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear science from the University of Michigan . His research areas include controlled thermonuclear fusion and reactor physics . He has taught at the University of Arizona since 1969 in the ...
... University , and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear science from the University of Michigan . His research areas include controlled thermonuclear fusion and reactor physics . He has taught at the University of Arizona since 1969 in the ...
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... University of Arizona where she co - authored several articles on agenda - setting , received a M.P.A. , and was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha . She was awarded a Presidential Management Internship in 1990 . MICHAEL D. LEBOWITZ is ...
... University of Arizona where she co - authored several articles on agenda - setting , received a M.P.A. , and was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha . She was awarded a Presidential Management Internship in 1990 . MICHAEL D. LEBOWITZ is ...
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... University from 1978 to 1987. Before joining American University , Dr. Rowe was the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Radiation Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for eight years . He received a doctorate in ...
... University from 1978 to 1987. Before joining American University , Dr. Rowe was the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Radiation Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for eight years . He received a doctorate in ...
Contenido
A Tool for Policy Decisions 17 | 16 |
CHAPTER 2 | 33 |
CHAPTER 3 | 54 |
CHAPTER 5 | 61 |
Modern Medicine as a Risk to Society 63 | 62 |
CHAPTER 6 | 90 |
CHAPTER 8 | 121 |
CHAPTER 10 | 137 |
The Hard Choices 139 | 162 |
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Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Vista previa limitada - 1991 |
Risk and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology and Public Policy M Waterstone Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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