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Dealing with Risk
Howard Margolis
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Description for Dealing with Risk
Paperback. Postulates that for decades, both policymakers and analysts have been frustrated by conflicts between expert and lay perceptions of environmental risk. This work examines the role of intuition, mental habits, and cognitive frameworks in the construction of public opinion. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 halftone, 6 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPVK; RNB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
For decades, policymakers and analysts have been frustrated by the stubborn and often dramatic disagreement between experts and the public on acceptable levels of environmental risk. Most experts, for instance, see no severe problem in dealing with nuclear waste, given the precautions and safety levels now in place. Yet public opinion vehemently rejects this view, repudiating both the experts' analysis and the evidence. In this study, Howard Margolis moves beyond the usual "rival rationalities" explanation proffered by risk analysts for the rift between expert and lay opinion. He reveals the conflicts of intuition that underlie those concerns, and proposes a ... Read more
For decades, policymakers and analysts have been frustrated by the stubborn and often dramatic disagreement between experts and the public on acceptable levels of environmental risk. Most experts, for instance, see no severe problem in dealing with nuclear waste, given the precautions and safety levels now in place. Yet public opinion vehemently rejects this view, repudiating both the experts' analysis and the evidence. In this study, Howard Margolis moves beyond the usual "rival rationalities" explanation proffered by risk analysts for the rift between expert and lay opinion. He reveals the conflicts of intuition that underlie those concerns, and proposes a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226505299
SKU
V9780226505299
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99-50
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