Du site de l'éd. : Sommes-nous les premiers à distinguer dans les lumières éblouissantes du progrès technique, l'ombre de ses dangers? En occultant la réflexivité environnementale des sociétés passées, ce schéma simpliste dépolitise l'histoire longue de la destruction des enviro…
The aim of this reference text is to provide a common language and consistent approach to risk assessment across science and engineering disciplines through the collation of detailed, real examples and scenarios. Examples are drawn from a variety of industries and cover key risk…
This text explores the connection between technological risk and basic concepts of liberal political theory and practice. Arguing that modern risks are emergent and therefore not reducible to individual actors or events, Hiskes demonstrates how risks challenge the most basic con…
This book presents a novel and compelling thesis about technological risk, liberalism, and policy making in liberal societies. This book treats especially the concepts of consent, community, authority, rights, responsibility, identity, and political participation. The meaning of…
Explores the connection between technological risk and basic concepts of liberal political theory and practice. The author argues that modern risks are emergent and therefore not reducible to individual actors or events, and that risks challenge basic concepts of liberal politic…
Classes of socio-technical hazards allow a characterization of the risk in technology innovation and clarify the mechanisms underpinning emergent technological risk. Emerging Technological Risk provides an interdisciplinary account of risk in socio-technical systems including ha…
