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• catalog abstract ""Environmental decision-making in recent decades has become increasingly dependent on scientific expertise. Grounded in universal principles of knowledge, these expert evaluations often depart from the assessments of ordinary members of the public. Whether the issue is nuclear power, genetic testing, food safety, or biodiversity, conservation lay people are increasingly charging experts with being ignorant of local contextual considerations. Scientists, as well as many policy-makers, in turn contend that the public is hopelessly irrational in gauging environmental risks. Highlighting both theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume brings together a distinguished group of environmental sociologists who critique and extend current thinking on what it means to live in a 'risk society'."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11221080.
• catalog contributor b11221081.
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""Environmental decision-making in recent decades has become increasingly dependent on scientific expertise. Grounded in universal principles of knowledge, these expert evaluations often depart from the assessments of ordinary members of the public. Whether the issue is nuclear power, genetic testing, food safety, or biodiversity, conservation lay people are increasingly charging experts with being ignorant of local contextual considerations. Scientists, as well as many policy-makers, in turn contend that the public is hopelessly irrational in gauging environmental risks. Highlighting both theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume brings together a distinguished group of environmental sociologists who critique and extend current thinking on what it means to live in a 'risk society'."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Environmental sociology, social theory, and risk / Maurie J. Cohen -- The rational actor paradigm in risk theories / Ortwin Renn [and others] -- Menus of choice / Kristen Purcell, Lee Clarke, and Linda Renzulli -- Dealing with environmental risks in relfexive modernity / Joris Hogenboom, Arthur P.J. Mol, and Gert Spargaren -- The "risk society" reconsidered / William R. Freudenburg -- "Outsiders just don't underdtand / Michael R. Edelstein -- The Exxon Valdex disaster as localized environmental catastrophe / J. Steven Picou and Duane A. Gill -- Discovering and inventing hazardous environments / Stephen R. Couch, Steve Kroll-Smith and Jeffrey D. Kindler -- Scientific evidence or lay people's experience? / Rolf Lidskog -- Taming risks through dialogues / Klaus Eder -- A historical perspective on risk / Daivd Lowenthal.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xv, 264 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0312222165 (St. Martin's)".
• catalog identifier "0333726391 (Macmillan)".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Basingstoke : Macmillan Press ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press,".
• catalog subject "333.7/14 21".
• catalog subject "Environmental risk assessment.".
• catalog subject "Environmentalism Decision making.".
• catalog subject "Environmentalism Social aspects.".
• catalog subject "GE195 .R57 1999".
• catalog tableOfContents "Environmental sociology, social theory, and risk / Maurie J. Cohen -- The rational actor paradigm in risk theories / Ortwin Renn [and others] -- Menus of choice / Kristen Purcell, Lee Clarke, and Linda Renzulli -- Dealing with environmental risks in relfexive modernity / Joris Hogenboom, Arthur P.J. Mol, and Gert Spargaren -- The "risk society" reconsidered / William R. Freudenburg -- "Outsiders just don't underdtand / Michael R. Edelstein -- The Exxon Valdex disaster as localized environmental catastrophe / J. Steven Picou and Duane A. Gill -- Discovering and inventing hazardous environments / Stephen R. Couch, Steve Kroll-Smith and Jeffrey D. Kindler -- Scientific evidence or lay people's experience? / Rolf Lidskog -- Taming risks through dialogues / Klaus Eder -- A historical perspective on risk / Daivd Lowenthal.".
• catalog title "Risk in the modern age : social theory, science, and environmental decision-making / edited by Maurie J. Cohen.".
• catalog type "text".