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How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Can We Know the Risks We Face?
I Risks are Hidden
II Risks are Selected
III Scientists Disagree
IV Assessment is Biased
v The Center is Complacent
VI The Border is Alarmed
VII The Border Fears for Nature
VIII America is a Border Country
IX The Dialogue is Political
Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct
Notes
Index

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 27/10/1983
    ISBN13: 9780520050631, 978-0520050631
    ISBN10: 0520050630
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction: Can We Know the Risks We Face?
    I Risks are Hidden
    II Risks are Selected
    III Scientists Disagree
    IV Assessment is Biased
    v The Center is Complacent
    VI The Border is Alarmed
    VII The Border Fears for Nature
    VIII America is a Border Country
    IX The Dialogue is Political
    Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct
    Notes
    Index

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