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Worst Things First: The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities - Hardcover

Finkel, Adam M.; Golding, Dominic

 
9781138465732: Worst Things First: The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138465739 ISBN 13: 9781138465732
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. Agencies, however, typically lack a self-conscious process for examining priorities, much less an explicit method for defining what priorities should be. Worst Things First? illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals surprising limitations to quantitative risk assessment as an instrument for precise tuning of policy judgments. The book also demonstrates the strength of political and social forces opposing the exclusive use of risk assessment in setting environmental priorities.

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About the Author

Adam M. Finkel, Dominic Golding

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138465739
ISBN 13 
9781138465732
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368