Research Catalog

Title

Risk, democratic citizenship and public policy / edited by Albert Weale.

Publication

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• British Academy
• Weale, Albert

Description

viii, 141 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"These ten essays analyse the public understanding of risk and the policy making process. BSE, vaccination, genetically modified crops and the regulation of chemicals are looked at as case studies. These essays will be of interest to general political scientists, sociologists and specialists in public policy, as well as those specifically working in the field of risk analysis."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Democracy
• Political planning
• Risk assessment > Government policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Public opinion and opinion polling / Robert M. Worcester -- Public consultation and public policy on risk / Albert Weale -- The role of the media / Ian Hargreaves -- NGOs and risk: the politics of changing decision venues / Grant Jordan -- Managing risk and managing blame: a political science perspective / Christopher Hood -- BSE: public policy and the uncertainites of science / Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith -- Vaccination / P.J. Lachman -- Genetically modified crops: from principled stances to case by case analysis / Jules Pretty -- The regulation of chemicals / Eva Dietrichson -- Conclusion: democratic values and risk regulation / Albert Weale.

ISBN

019726283X

LCCN

^^2003266340

OCLC

50876703

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library