In the Chamber of Risks - Understanding Risk Controversies (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

The essential problem is the failure to recognize that controversies over risks are "normal events" in modern society and as such will be with us for the foreseeable future. Three key propositions define these events: risk management decisions are inherently disputable; public perceptions of risk are legitimate and should be treated as such; the public needs to be intensively involved in the processes of risk evaluation and management. Leiss and his collaborators chronicle these organizational risks in a set of detailed case studies on genetically modified foods, cellular telephones, the notorious fuel additive MMT, pulp mill effluent, nuclear power, toxic substances legislation, tobacco, and the new type of "moral risks" associated with genetics technologies such as cloning. Contributors include Debora L. Van Nijnatten (Sir Wilfred Laurier University), Michael D. Mehta (University of Saskatchewan), Stephen Hill (University of Calgary), Eric Darier (Greenpeace), Greg Paoli (Decisionalysis Risk Consultants, Inc.), and Peter V. Hodson (Queen's University).

General

Imprint:	McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	William Leiss
Dimensions:	246 x 156 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7735-2238-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > General
LSN:	0-7735-2238-7
Barcode:	9780773522381

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