Dealing with Risk
Why the Public and the Experts Disagree on Environmental Issues
For decades, policymakers and analysts have been frustrated by the stubborn and often dramatic disagreement between experts and the public on acceptable levels of environmental risk. Most experts, for instance, see no severe problem in dealing with nuclear waste, given the precautions and safety levels now in place. Yet public opinion vehemently rejects this view, repudiating both the experts' analysis and the evidence. In Dealing with Risk, Howard Margolis moves beyond the usual rival rationalities explanation proffered by risk analysts for the rift between expert and lay opinion. He reveals the conflicts of intuition that undergird those c…
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- ISBN: 978-0-226-50529-9
- EAN: 9780226505299
- Produktnummer: 1424299
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B13.8 cm x D1.5 cm 314 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 314
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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