Description
Product ID: | 9780520050631 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Risk and Culture |
Subtitle: | An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers |
Authors: | Author: Aaron Wildavsky, Mary Douglas |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Pollution and threats to the environment, Pollution & threats to the environment |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1983-10-27 |