| Acceptable Risk?: Making Decisions in a Toxic Enviorment Contributor(s): Clarke, Lee (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0520076575 ISBN-13: 9780520076570 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1991 Annotation: Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, New York, Lee Clarke's compelling study argues that organizational processes are the key to understanding how some risks rather than others are defined as acceptable. He finds a pattern of decision-making based on relationships among organizations rather than the authority of individuals or single agencies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 363.1 |
| LCCN: 88030640 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.01" W x 8.95" (0.75 lbs) 242 pages |
