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Calculating Political Risk
Catherine Althaus
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Description for Calculating Political Risk
paperback. Opens with an outline of the historical and linguistic origins of risk, the various disciplinary understandings of risk, the 'risk society' concept, and how risk has come to be so prominent in the context of environmental disaster and terrorism. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, Photographs, figures, graphs, index. BIC Classification: GPQD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book provides new perspectives and more precise language for making sense of a critical dimension of politics, policy-making and public management. Evert Lindquist, Director and Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada This powerful new book is the first ever examination of the hard edge of how political risk - something faced by all political actors innumerable times every day - is calculated and ... Read more
Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book provides new perspectives and more precise language for making sense of a critical dimension of politics, policy-making and public management. Evert Lindquist, Director and Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada This powerful new book is the first ever examination of the hard edge of how political risk - something faced by all political actors innumerable times every day - is calculated and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Earthscan Risk in Society
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844077014
SKU
V9781844077014
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About Catherine Althaus
Catherine Althaus is an assistant Professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. Prior to this she was an ANZSOG (Australia and New Zealand School of Government) Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Political Science Program of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. She was also a University Medallist and an Associate Fellow with ... Read more
Reviews for Calculating Political Risk
'Public-administration consultant Althaus...[brings] together perspectives from medicine, finance, philosophy, mathematics, and other fields to flesh out a scholarly understanding of political risk' The Futurist, August 2009.