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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... accident . Mr. Asselstine is an attorney by training , and received his law degree from the University of Virginia . DAVID S. BARON graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and Cum Laude from Cornell Law School , where he ...
... accident . Mr. Asselstine is an attorney by training , and received his law degree from the University of Virginia . DAVID S. BARON graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and Cum Laude from Cornell Law School , where he ...
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... accidents or processes that are out of human control . The discussion begins with an overview chapter which examines the ways in which risks and hazards have been examined in the past , and then moves on to examine this alternative view ...
... accidents or processes that are out of human control . The discussion begins with an overview chapter which examines the ways in which risks and hazards have been examined in the past , and then moves on to examine this alternative view ...
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... accidents , unsafe drinking water and the like ) to rare , but potentially cataclysmic events ( e.g. , large earthquakes or nuclear holocaust ) . In the past , most hazards research has focused largely on delineation of hazard ...
... accidents , unsafe drinking water and the like ) to rare , but potentially cataclysmic events ( e.g. , large earthquakes or nuclear holocaust ) . In the past , most hazards research has focused largely on delineation of hazard ...
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... accidents . A concurrent concern , given this orientation toward extraordinary events ( i.e. , seen as largely uncontrollable ) , has been a focus on human coping strategies ( either by individuals or groups ) . Such coping has most ...
... accidents . A concurrent concern , given this orientation toward extraordinary events ( i.e. , seen as largely uncontrollable ) , has been a focus on human coping strategies ( either by individuals or groups ) . Such coping has most ...
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... accidents . For the kinds of pervasive risk I have identified , I want to make the case that a focus on risk response will not be useful . There are two main , correlated reasons for this . First , as I described most of these risks are ...
... accidents . For the kinds of pervasive risk I have identified , I want to make the case that a focus on risk response will not be useful . There are two main , correlated reasons for this . First , as I described most of these risks are ...
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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