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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... Social aspects . 2. Science -- Social aspects . T174.5.R555 363.1 -- dc20 I. Waterstone , Marvin . 1991 II . Series . 91-806 ISBN 978-94-010-5613-7 Printed on acid - free paper All Rights Reserved 1992 Springer Science + Business Media ...
... Social aspects . 2. Science -- Social aspects . T174.5.R555 363.1 -- dc20 I. Waterstone , Marvin . 1991 II . Series . 91-806 ISBN 978-94-010-5613-7 Printed on acid - free paper All Rights Reserved 1992 Springer Science + Business Media ...
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... Social Genesis of Risks and Hazards Marvin Waterstone PART I RISK , SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHAPTER 1 Risk Analysis : A Tool for Policy Decisions William D. Rowe CHAPTER 2 Scientists and Agenda Setting : Advocacy and Global Warming ...
... Social Genesis of Risks and Hazards Marvin Waterstone PART I RISK , SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHAPTER 1 Risk Analysis : A Tool for Policy Decisions William D. Rowe CHAPTER 2 Scientists and Agenda Setting : Advocacy and Global Warming ...
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... social and political philosophy , with a specialty in ethical theory . He has published several books and a number of articles in those areas . Currently he is at work on a book about the relationships between morality and social ...
... social and political philosophy , with a specialty in ethical theory . He has published several books and a number of articles in those areas . Currently he is at work on a book about the relationships between morality and social ...
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... social generation of risks and hazards , and includes research on institutional innovation in resource management , global environmental change , Amazon deforestation , the impacts of military spending on local and regional economies ...
... social generation of risks and hazards , and includes research on institutional innovation in resource management , global environmental change , Amazon deforestation , the impacts of military spending on local and regional economies ...
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... social preferences , and could be weighed against alternatives and against potential adverse effects or risks . Today the process is being short- circuited to a greater degree than ever before . Consequently , the types of risks and ...
... social preferences , and could be weighed against alternatives and against potential adverse effects or risks . Today the process is being short- circuited to a greater degree than ever before . Consequently , the types of risks and ...
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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 |
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