On the social and political acceptability of risk.

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Nelkin, Dorothy

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1983Description: 7pSubject(s):

Subject: An outline of the treatment of risk that emphasizes the social and political issues. The response deals primarily with technologically induced risk, the acceptability of risk - whether from human-devised technologies, or from violent forces of nature like hurricanes or volcanoes, as these are of social and political concern.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.12 NEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005271234

Reprinted from Impact of Science on Society, No. 2., 1983, pp225-231

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An outline of the treatment of risk that emphasizes the social and political issues. The response deals primarily with technologically induced risk, the acceptability of risk - whether from human-devised technologies, or from violent forces of nature like hurricanes or volcanoes, as these are of social and political concern.

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