Aaron Wildavsky

Searching for Safety

Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 272 Seiten
ISBN 0912051183
EAN 9780912051185
Veröffentlicht Mai 2017
Verlag/Hersteller Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
55,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Beschreibung

Nuclear power plants, new vaccines and drugs, pesticides designed to improve agricultural production, and a plethora of other technological advances hold great promise of improving the quality of human life, but also pose great risks to human well-being.

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Aaron Wildavsky (1930-1993) was considered one of the most innovative and prolific scholars in the field of political research and he was most famous for his role in developing the cultural theory of risk.