Risk Governance

by Renn, Ortwin

• ISBN13: 9781844072927
• ISBN10: 1844072924
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

This book, for the first time, brings together and updates the ground-breaking work of renowned risk theorist and researcher Ortwin Renn and integrates the major disciplinary concepts of risk in the social, engineering, and natural sciences. The book unfolds through consecutive acts, opening with the context of risk handling and flowing through the core topics of assessment, evaluation, perception, management, and communication, culminating in a look at the transition from risk management to risk governance and a glimpse at a new understanding of risk in (post)modern societies. The focus is on systemic risks, such as genetically modified organisms, that load high on complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity and have major repercussions on financial, economic, and social impact areas beyond the physical world. This is essential reading for all researchers, academics, and professionals across the social sciences, sciences, medical, engineering, and financial sectors.

Author Biography

Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology at the State University in Stuttgart, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Modern Society and Risk

The Challenges of Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity Pre-assessment and Assessment

How to Generate and Evaluate Knowledge Evaluating Risks

How Safe is Safe Enough? Risk Perception

Who Fears What and Why? Risk Management

Risk Regimes -- Risk Communication From Risk Management to Risk Governance

The Crisis of Instrumental Rationality

Towards a New Understanding of Risk in (Post)modern Societies

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