| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 197 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Environmental ethics and science policy series
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Environmental ethics and science policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; ONE: Risk and the Redefinition of Politics; TWO: Risk, Consent, and Communal Identity; THREE: Risk and the Authority of Ends; FOUR: Risk, Self-interest, and the New Technology of Rights; FIVE: Risk and Responsibility; SIX: Democratic Politics and Participatory Risks; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Summary |
Explores the connection between technological risk and basic concepts of liberal political theory and practice. The author argues that modern risks are emergent and therefore not reducible to individual actors or events, and that risks challenge basic concepts of liberal political theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technology -- Risk assessment.
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Technology -- Risk assessment. |
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
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Technology and state.
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Technology and state. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hiskes, Richard P., 1951- Democracy, risk, and community. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 0195120086 (DLC) 97035724 (OCoLC)37475147 |
| ISBN |
0585215715 (electronic book) |
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9780585215716 (electronic book) |
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9780195120080 (cloth) |
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0195120086 (cloth) |
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0195353129 |
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9780195353129 |
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0195120086 (cloth) |
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