Risk Society And the Culture of Precaution

by Richter, Ingo K.; Berking, Sabine; Müller-Schmid, Ralf

• ISBN13: 9781403996954
• ISBN10: 1403996954
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Modern societies have been termed risk societies. Western culture obviously is unable to cope with too much uncertainty. Risk management has become a paradigm for good governance and prudent policies. Further sociological analysis reveals that those who stand in for the fight against risks often turn out to be the ones who cause them. We therefore not only need to rethink our concepts of accountability; we also need to sharpen our political tools of defence against imminent threats.

Table of Contents

The United Nations: Stability through Diversity--K.Töpfer * Culture, Structure and Risk--C.Perrow * Risk Society versus Culture of Precaution--B.Höhn * The European Social Model from a Risk Management Perspective--G.Schmid * Media Communication, Citizens and Transnational Risks--The Case of Climate Change and Coastal Protection--H.Heinrichs & H.P.Peters * The Responsibilities of the Media in Dealing with HIV/AIDS as a Transnational Risk in Southern Africa--B.Davidson * A Contribution to Transnational Risk Analysis: Comparative Analysis of Risk Perception Related to Human Health Issues--F.Bouder * Risk, Precaution and the Meda: The 'Story' of Mobile Phone Health Risks in the UK--A.Burgess * Security Policies in a Transnational Setting--U.Schroeder * Terrorist Attacks at Nuclear Facilities: A Transnational Risk--C.Nath * Transnational Risk, Global Civil Society and Social Justice: The Case of Oil Exploitation in Nigeria--E.R.Aiyede * The Rhetoric of Risk and Responsibility: Understanding the German Public Debate on EU Enlargement--M.Ecker-Ehrhardt

The United Nations: Stability through Diversity--K.Töpfer * Culture, Structure and Risk--C.Perrow * Risk Society versus Culture of Precaution--B.Höhn * The European Social Model from a Risk Management Perspective--G.Schmid * Media Communication, Citizens and Transnational Risks--The Case of Climate Change and Coastal Protection--H.Heinrichs & H.P.Peters * The Responsibilities of the Media in Dealing with HIV/AIDS as a Transnational Risk in Southern Africa--B.Davidson * A Contribution to Transnational Risk Analysis: Comparative Analysis of Risk Perception Related to Human Health Issues--F.Bouder * Risk, Precaution and the Meda: The 'Story' of Mobile Phone Health Risks in the UK--A.Burgess * Security Policies in a Transnational Setting--U.Schroeder * Terrorist Attacks at Nuclear Facilities: A Transnational Risk--C.Nath * Transnational Risk, Global Civil Society and Social Justice: The Case of Oil Exploitation in Nigeria--E.R.Aiyede * The Rhetoric of Risk and Responsibility: Understanding the German Public Debate on EU Enlargement--M.Ecker-Ehrhardt