Risk and Culture: Essays in the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers - Hardcover

Douglas, Professor Mary; Wildavsky, Aaron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520044916 ISBN 13: 9780520044913

Publisher: University of California Press, 1982

Synopsis

The concern of many Americans with dangers to the natural environment is not justified rationally, according to the authors, but results from American cultural biases and the political goals of environmentalists.

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Review:

"Offering what they call a 'cultural theory of risk perception, ' the authors suggest that peoples' complaints about hazards should never be taken at face value. One must look further to discover what forms of social organization are being defended or attacked."--"New York Times

About the Author:

Dame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA (25 March 1921 - 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Emile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion. Aaron Wildavsky (May 31, 1930 - September 4, 1993) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0520044916
• ISBN 13: 9780520044913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224