Dealing with Risk: Why the Public and the Experts Disagree on Environmental Issues - Tapa blanda

Margolis, Howard

 
9780226505299: Dealing with Risk: Why the Public and the Experts Disagree on Environmental Issues
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ISBN 10: 0226505294 ISBN 13: 9780226505299
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 1997

Sinopsis

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 Dealing with Risk, 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 undergird those concerns, and proposes a new approach to the psychology of persuasion and belief. Examining the role of intuition, mental habits, and cognitive frameworks in the construction of public opinion, this compelling account bridges the public policy impasse that has plagued controversial environmental issues.

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Acerca del autor

Howard Margolis is a professor in the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and in the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality and Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226505294
ISBN 13 
9780226505299
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
238
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9780226505251: Dealing with Risk: Why the Public and the Experts Disagree on Environmental Issues

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ISBN 10:  0226505251 ISBN 13:  9780226505251
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 1996
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