Titlebook: Risk in the Modern Age; Social Theory, Scien Maurie J. Cohen Book 2000 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

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Scientific Evidence or Lay People’s Experience? On Risk and Trust with Regard to Modern Environmentaf the ideals that had guided, for instance, the creation of the Swedish welfare state. The town was exceptionally well-planned — it was a showpiece with its housing, shops, sports centers, five schools, three swimming pools, pleasure park, 200-room hotel, and guest house for official visitors. Other

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Taming Risks through Dialogues: the Rationality and Functionality of Discursive Institutions in Riskculture. This notion is now also gaining importance in the field of environmental studies. In this context, the term refers to the problem of how to communicate rationally about risks in modern society. Discourse is seen as a solution to environmental problems, as an institutional form especially we

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Taming Risks through Dialogues: the Rationality and Functionality of Discursive Institutions in Riskll-suited to what Ulrich Beck refers to as ‘risk society.’ Discourse thus appears not only as a rational, but also as a functional, device for addressing the collective risks generated by modern societies.

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Book 2000ge, these expert evaluations often depart from the assessments of ordinary members of the public. Whether the issue is nuclear power, genetic testing, food safety, or biodiversity, conservation lay people are increasingly charging experts with being ignorant of local contextual considerations. Scien

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Menus of Choice: the Social Embeddedness of Decisionseone else. It inherently involves some options being considered more possible than others. And it inherently involves the myriad connections that people find themselves in, connections that people use as resources to get through the day and as reference points for moral direction.

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A Historical Perspective on Riskply embedded in particular histories, languages, and modes of thought. This is very much evident in the strikingly different perceptions and approaches of the American scholars who have contributed to this volume in comparison to the authors from continental Europe.