Precautionary politics:principle and practice in confronting environmental risk

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whiteside Kerry H 1953-
Published: MIT Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Mass.
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Urban and industrial environments
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Carrier Form: xiii, 182 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0262232553 (alk. paper)
0262731797 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262232555
9780262731799
Index Number: X820
CLC: X820.4
Call Number: X820.4/W594
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index.
Precaution at work : the case of agricultural biotechnology -- Debating precaution -- Comparing precaution in the United States and Europe -- Precautionary theory : science, uncertainty, and political authority -- Precaution and democratic deliberation -- Conclusion : precaution and environmental social learning.