{"product_id":"rethinking-risk-and-the-precautionary-principle-paperback-9780750646833","title":"Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle (Paperback) 9780750646833","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulian Morris (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780750646833, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"this book will be of interest to OHS and environmental managers, practitioners and those studying at diploma or degree level for professional qualifications in these fields. If you have never encountered risk other than in the context of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, then this will provide some thought-provoking perspectives.\" \u003cb\u003eSafety and Health Practitioner, Feb. 2002\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an illuminating expolration of a wide variety of real and imagined risks, and some of the more absurd responses of modern societies to them\" \u003cb\u003e--Trans IChemE, Vol. 79, July 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is strongly recommended to the many undergraduate students of different disciplines whom are now introduced to health and safety, and to the many professionals now faced with such issues. It will help develop a healthy scepticism so necessary for the professional faced with ever increasing political interference, bureaucracy and regulation.\" \u003cb\u003e--Professor Sir Bernard Crossland, CBE, FRS, FREng, in The Hazards Forum Newsletter, Spring 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"'For a view of risk at the level of society at large, and for a wider perspective on risk in general, it is an interesting read.\" \u003cb\u003e--Health and Safety at Work, April 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Morris is an intelligent and thought-provoking editor, who has gathered within the covers of a single book some of the best and brightest brains in the field of risk assessment and management. The chapter on global warming and Kyoto, by Bruce Yandle, should be made compulsory reading for every green fanatic.\" \u003cb\u003e--Yorkshire Post - 5th April 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the claim that the precautionary principle is an appropriate guide to public policy decision-making in the face of uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe precautionary principle is frequently invoked as a justification for regulating human activities. From bans on the use of growth hormones in cattle to restrictions on children's playground activities, precautionary thinking seems to be taking over our lives. As the contributors to this book show, such an approach is of dubious utility and may even be counterproductive.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is a timely and important contribution to the debate on how to manage risk in the modern world. The editor, Julian Morris, is Director of the Environment and Technology Programme at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. He has written widely on issues relating to environmental protection and technological development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Defining the Precautionary Principle, Julian Morris\u003cbr\u003e2. Trial and Error vs Trial Without Error, Aaron Wildavsky\u003cbr\u003e3. The Precautionary Principle and Our Obligations to Future Generations, Wilfred Beckerman\u003cbr\u003e4. Precaution, GM Crops and Farmland Birds, Tony Gilland\u003cbr\u003e5. Genetically Modified Fear and Interntational Regulation of Biotechnology, Henry Miller and Gregory Conko \u003cbr\u003e6. Asteroid Collisions and Precautionary Thinking, Charles Rubin\u003cbr\u003e7. Child Protection and the Precautionary Principle, Helene Guldberg\u003cbr\u003e8. Plastic Panics: European Risk Regulation in the Aftermath of BSE, Bill Durodie\u003cbr\u003e9. The Precautionary Principle as a Force for Global Political Centralization -- a case-study of the Kyoto Protocol, Bruce Yandle\u003cbr\u003e10. Applying the Precautionary Principle in a Broader Context, Indur Goklany\u003cbr\u003e11. A Richter Scale for Risk? John Adams\u003cbr\u003e12. Facts vs Factions - the use and abuse of subjectivity in scientific research, Robert Matthews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Reliability engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Reliability engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Reliability%20engineering%20%5BTGPR%5D%22\"\u003eTGPR\u003c\/a\u003e], Production \u0026amp; quality control management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Production \u0026amp; quality control management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Production%20\u0026amp;%20quality%20control%20management%20%5BKJMV5%5D%22\"\u003eKJMV5\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Butterworth-Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648506122520,"sku":"9780750646833","price":42.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780750646833.jpg?v=1694091963","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-risk-and-the-precautionary-principle-paperback-9780750646833","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}