The reality of precaution : comparing risk regulation in the United States and Europe / edited by Jonathan B. Wiener [and others].
| Other author | Wiener, Jonathan Baert, 1962- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : RFF Press, 2011. |
| Description | xviii, 582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The rhetoric of precaution / Jonathan B. Wiener -- Genetically modified foods and crops / Mark Cantley, Maurice Lex -- Beef, hormones, and mad cows / George Gray, Michael D. Rogers, Jonathan B. Wiener -- Tobacco / D. Douglas Blanke -- Nuclear power / John F. Ahearne, Adolf Birkhofer -- Automobile emissions / Michael P. Walsh -- Stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change / James K. Hammitt -- The marine environment / David Freestone -- Biodiversity conservation / Kathryn A. Saterson -- Chemicals / Ortwin Renn, E. Donald Elliott -- Medical errors, new drug approval, and patient safety / Frances H. Miller -- Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction / Jessica Stern, Jonathan B. Wiener -- Information disclosure / Peter H. Sand -- Frameworks for risk asscessment, uncertainty, and precaution / Gail Charnley, Michael D. Rogers -- A quantitative comparison of relative precaution in the United States and Europe, 1970-2004 / Brendon Swedlow, Denise Kall, Zheng Zhou, James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener -- Political institutions and the principle of precaution / Giandomenico Majone -- Legal and administrative systems : implications for precautionary regulation / Lucas Bergkamp, Turner T. Smith -- Risk perceptions and risk attitudes in the United States and Europe / Elke U. Weber, Jessica S. Ancker -- Precautions against what? Perceptions, heuristics, and culture / Cass R. Sunstein -- The real pattern of precaution / Jonathan B. Wiener. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010015414 |
| ISBN | 9781933115863 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1933115866 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781933115856 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1933115858 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | K3585 .R43 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |