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Dealing with Risk (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R812
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Dealing with Risk (Paperback, New edition): Howard Margolis

Dealing with Risk (Paperback, New edition)

Howard Margolis

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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 concerns, and proposes a new approach to the psychology of persuasion and belief. Examining the role of intuition, mental habits, and cognitive frameworks in the construction of public opinion, this compelling account bridges the public policy impasse that has plagued controversial environmental issues.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 1997
First published: December 1997
Authors: Howard Margolis
Dimensions: 217 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 238
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-50529-9
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Public opinion & polls
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LSN: 0-226-50529-4
Barcode: 9780226505299

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