| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Risk : an introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Risk and the Royal society -- Patterns in uncertainty -- Error, chance and culture -- Measuring risk -- Monetizing risk -- Road safety 1 : seat belts -- Road safety 2 : more filtering -- A large risk : the greenhouse effect -- The risk society -- Can we manage risk better? -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a ""risk thermostat"" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates that behaviour is governed by the probable costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which are perceived through filters formed from |
| Analysis |
Risks |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Risk -- Sociological aspects.
|
|
Risk management -- Social aspects
|
|
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
|
|
Risk management -- Social aspects
|
|
Risk -- Sociological aspects
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| LC no. |
95000088 |
| ISBN |
0203498968 |
|
9780203498965 |
|
6610406650 |
|
9781857280678 |
|
1857280679 |
|
9781857280685 |
|
1857280687 |
|
9786610406654 |
|
1135371156 |
|
9781135371159 |
|
1280406658 |
|
9781280406652 |
|
