| Description |
ix, 138 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jane Franklin -- 1. Politics of Risk Society / Ulrich Beck -- 2. Risk Society: the Context of British Politics / Anthony Giddens -- 3. Lessons of Lloyd's: the Limits of Insurance / Adam Raphael -- 4. Nature Bites Back / John Gray -- 5. Risky Business, Safety / Martin Woollacott -- 6. Risk Society, Politics and BSE / Robin Grove-White -- 7. Procrastination, Precaution and the Global Gamble / Stephen Tindale -- 8. Once the Men in White Coats Held the Promise of a Better Future ... / John Durant -- 9. There's Method in the Magic / Pat Kane -- 10. Technology and Democracy / Patricia Hewitt -- 11. People in Distress / Susi Orbach -- 12. Friendship: the Social Glue of Contemporary Society? / Ray Pahl -- 13. The Politics of Prevention / Martin Woollacott -- 14. Risk and Public Policy: Towards a High-Trust Democracy / Anna Coote |
| Notes |
"The chapters of this volume are drawn from contributions to a conference ... organized by the Institute for Public Policy Research in London in March 1996, and from a selection of articles and essays which were published in journals and newspapers at the time"--Ack |
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"Published in association with the Institute for Public Policy Research." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Risk -- Social aspects.
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Policy sciences.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Risk -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Technology -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Policy sciences -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Franklin, Jane.
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Institute for Public Policy Research (London, England)
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| LC no. |
97029584 |
| ISBN |
074561924X hardcover alkaline paper |
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0745619258 paperback alkaline paper |
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