| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Which way up, and does it matter? -- A different type of work -- Defining problems : setting the scale -- Defining problems : picking the dimensions -- Patterns of thought and action -- Puzzles of measurement -- Structures, protocols, and interactions -- Special categories of harms -- Invisible harms -- Conscious opponents -- Catastrophic harms -- Harms in equilibrium -- Performance-enhancing risks. |
| Summary |
How should we deal with societal ills such as crime, poverty, pollution, terrorism, and corruption? The Character of Harms argues that control or mitigation of 'bad' things involves distinctive patterns of thought and action which turn out to be broadly applicable across a range of human endeavors, and which need to be better understood. Malcolm Sparrow demonstrates that an explicit focus on the bads, rather than on the countervailing goods (safety, prosperity, environmental stewardship, etc.) can provide rich opportunities for surgically efficient and effective interventions - an operational approach which he terms 'the sabotage of harms'. The book explores the institutional arrangements and decision-frameworks necessary to support this emerging operational model. Written for reflective practitioners charged with risk-control responsibilities across the public, private, and non-governmental sectors, The Character of Harms makes a powerful case for a new approach to tackling the complex problems facing society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social problems -- United States.
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Social problems. |
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United States. |
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Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Social conflict -- United States.
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Social conflict. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sparrow, Malcolm K. Character of harms. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521872102 0521872103 (DLC) 2007050652 (OCoLC)174449805 |
| ISBN |
9780511396656 (electronic book) |
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0511396651 (electronic book) |
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0511397429 (electronic book) |
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9780511397424 (electronic book) |
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0521872103 (Cloth) |
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9780521872102 (Cloth) |
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9780511753862 |
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0511753861 |
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9780511399008 |
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