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That risk communication ranks high on the policymaking agenda is
beyond discussion today. The field is a point of intersection of
social communication, practical management and policy making. It
covers such diverse activities as to inform and educate the public
about risk, and risk management in order to influence attitudes and
behaviour, to act in situations of emergency or crises, to aid in
decision-making and to assist in conflict resolution. Communication
has grown into a major concern in current risk governance based on
network co-ordinated management of public affairs conducted by
authorities and companies and is recognized as a key component in
the government of risk. This is especially salient in policy fields
relating to environmental planning and resource management, urban
planning, chemical and food regulation, or infrastructure planning,
development and maintenance. This book explores risk communication
research with a focus on new theoretical perspectives, research
findings, and applied goals. It reflects on a broad range of
innovative theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches and
empirical areas. This book was published as a special issue of the
Journal of Risk Research.
This new anthology is a comprehensive introduction to the field of
risk theory. The introduction provides the ideal starting point for
students and professionals new to risk studies and offers a concise
refresher for researchers and practitioners. Coverage includes the
origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin
'uncertainty, ' before moving on to address risk perception, risk
communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in
policy and regulation with a close look at the Precautionary
Principle. Following the introduction, the volume includes a
selection of the most significant and influential works on risk in
their entirety. These selections, organized thematically to cover
the breadth and depth of the field, provide greater detail and
elaborate on the key themes and major developments in risk studies.
Together they comprise the essential literature necessary for a
full understanding of risk theory and practice on any issue and in
any context.
From dams to landfill sites, and power plants to radioactive waste
repositories, the siting of facilities is a veritable minefield of
conflicts involving industry, planners, authorities, NGOs and
citizens. This penetrating volume examines risk, power and identity
in contests over the siting of infrastructure and industrial
facilities. Going beyond nimby-ism, experts in a variety of fields
bring a multiperspective analysis from science, law and media to
case studies from the UK, USA and Europe, and expose the political
and cultural dimensions of siting conflicts. In the process they
show how place attachment and notions of landscape and local
identity play a prominent role in resistance to 'development'.
Topics covered include the importance of context in siting
controversies, siting methods and social representation, siting
conflicts, the importance of institutional thinking in facility
siting, risk, industrial encroachment and the sense of place,
siting and sacred places, and law and fairness. This book is
essential reading for academics in social sciences, policy,
planning, law and risk; policy makers, planners and decision makers
at all levels of government; business and industry, particularly
energy generation, including nuclear and renewables, transportation
and large dams; risk assessment professionals; and NGOs and
activists.
Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation
studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception,
communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally
informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience. It
provides an account of how interpretations of risk in society are
conditioned by knowledge claims and cultural assumptions and by the
orientationof actors based on roles, norms, expectations,
identities, trust and practical rationality within a lived social
world. By focusing on agency, social complexity and the production
and interpretation of meaning, the book offers a comprehensive and
holistic theoretical perspective on risk, based on empirical case
studies and ethnographic enquiry. As a selection of Asa Boholm's
publications throughout her career, along with a newly written
introduction overviewing the field, this book provides a unified
perspective on risk as a construct shaped by social and cultural
contexts.This collection should be of interest to students and
scholars of risk communication, risk management, environmental
planning, environmental management and environmental and applied
anthropology.
Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation
studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception,
communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally
informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience. It
provides an account of how interpretations of risk in society are
conditioned by knowledge claims and cultural assumptions and by the
orientationof actors based on roles, norms, expectations,
identities, trust and practical rationality within a lived social
world. By focusing on agency, social complexity and the production
and interpretation of meaning, the book offers a comprehensive and
holistic theoretical perspective on risk, based on empirical case
studies and ethnographic enquiry. As a selection of Asa Boholm's
publications throughout her career, along with a newly written
introduction overviewing the field, this book provides a unified
perspective on risk as a construct shaped by social and cultural
contexts.This collection should be of interest to students and
scholars of risk communication, risk management, environmental
planning, environmental management and environmental and applied
anthropology.
From dams to landfill sites, and power plants to radioactive waste
repositories, the siting of facilities is a veritable minefield of
conflicts involving industry, planners, authorities, NGOs and
citizens. This penetrating volume examines risk, power and identity
in contests over the siting of infrastructure and industrial
facilities. Going beyond nimby-ism, experts in a variety of fields
bring a multiperspective analysis from science, law and media to
case studies from the UK, USA and Europe, and expose the political
and cultural dimensions of siting conflicts. In the process they
show how place attachment and notions of landscape and local
identity play a prominent role in resistance to 'development'.
Topics covered include the importance of context in siting
controversies, siting methods and social representation, siting
conflicts, the importance of institutional thinking in facility
siting, risk, industrial encroachment and the sense of place,
siting and sacred places, and law and fairness. This book is
essential reading for academics in social sciences, policy,
planning, law and risk; policy makers, planners and decision makers
at all levels of government; business and industry, particularly
energy generation, including nuclear and renewables, transportation
and large dams; risk assessment professionals; and NGOs and
activists.
This new anthology is a comprehensive introduction to the field of
risk theory. The introduction provides the ideal starting point for
students and professionals new to risk studies and offers a concise
refresher for researchers and practitioners. Coverage includes the
origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin
'uncertainty, ' before moving on to address risk perception, risk
communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in
policy and regulation with a close look at the Precautionary
Principle. Following the introduction, the volume includes a
selection of the most significant and influential works on risk in
their entirety. These selections, organized thematically to cover
the breadth and depth of the field, provide greater detail and
elaborate on the key themes and major developments in risk studies.
Together they comprise the essential literature necessary for a
full understanding of risk theory and practice on any issue and in
any context.
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