Precautionary politics:principle and practice in confronting environmental risk
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Published: |
MIT Press,
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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. |