The 19 papers in this collection explore issues raised by the concept of governing risk. The editor's approach to the topic deliberately de-centers the state, focusing attention on the ways in which social ordering of risk is effected by many agencies. The papers are presented i…
An elegant and radical manual that teaches us how take better control of our lives in an age of global uncertainty. There is a special kind of intelligence for dealing with risk and uncertainty. It doesn't correlate with IQ and most psychologists fail to spot it because it is fo…
An elegant and radical manual that teaches us how take better control of our lives in an age of global uncertainty. There is a special kind of intelligence for dealing with risk and uncertainty. It doesn't correlate with IQ and most psychologists fail to spot it because it is fo…
Human Error, published in 1991, is a major theoretical integration of several previously isolated literatures. Particularly important is the identification of cognitive processes common to a wide variety of error types. Technology has now reached a point where improved safety ca…
Modern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the book spans the disciplinary gulf between psychological theory and those concerned with maintain…
Introduction. Moral reach and ontological insecurity. About this book -- ch. 1. Homo ludens, aleatorics and the birth of probability. From the beginning. Cardano's provenance: A focus on risk. Heroes of aleatory arithmetic. Play and politics. Conclusion -- ch. 2. Nineteenth and …
Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological…
"Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronologica…
Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological…
Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological…