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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers
- Title
- Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers / Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky.
- Author
- Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1982.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wildavsky, Aaron B.
- Description
- ix, 221 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- The concern of many Americans with dangers to the natural environment is not justified rationally, according to the authors, but results from American cultural biases and the political goals of environmentalists.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : can we know the risks we face? -- Risks are hidden -- Risks are selected -- Scientists disagree -- Assessment is biased -- The center is complacent -- The border is alarmed -- The border fears for nature -- America is a border country -- The dialogue is political -- Conclusion : risk is a collective construct.
- Call Number
- JFD 82-1741
- ISBN
- 0520044916
- 9780520044913
- LCCN
- 81016318
- OCLC
- 7947254
- Author
- Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author.
- Title
- Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technical and environmental dangers / Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1982.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wildavsky, Aaron B., author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 82-1741