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Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution

By: I. Richter (Editor), S. Berking (Editor), R. Muller-Schmid (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 December 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Modern societies have been termed risk societies. Western culture obviously is unable to cope with too much uncertainty. Risk management has become a paradigm for good governance and prudent policies. Further sociological analysis reveals that those who stand in for the fight against risks often turn out to be the ones who cause them. We therefore not only need to rethink our concepts of accountability; we also need to sharpen our political tools of defence against imminent threats.

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The United Nations - stability through diversity	p. 21
Risk in hindsight - towards a politics of reflection	p. 28
Culture, structure and risk	p. 47
The principle of precaution in EU environmental policy	p. 59
The European social model from a risk management perspective	p. 72
Security policies in a transnational setting	p. 93
Terrorist attacks at nuclear facilities	p. 111
The case of oil exploitation in Nigeria	p. 131
The responsibilities of the media in dealing with HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa	p. 149
A comparative analysis of risk perception related to human health issues	p. 167
Risk, precaution and the media : the 'story' of mobile phone health risks in the UK	p. 184
The rhetoric of risk and responsibility : understanding the German public debate on EU enlargement	p. 207
Media communication, citizens and transnational risks : the case of climate change and coastal protection	p. 229
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