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  | | The Risk Society Revisited Social Theory and Risk Governance by Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, Aaron Mccright Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2013 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0258-5, ISBN: 1-4399-0258-5 "Risk is a part of life. How we handle uncertainty and deal with potential threats influence decision making throughout our lives. In The Risk Society Revisited, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright offer the first book to present an integrated theory of risk and governance. The authors examine our sociological understanding of risk and how we reconcile modern human conditions with our handling of risk in our quest for impr ..." |
 | | Risk Governance(1st Edition) Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World (Earthscan Risk in Society) by Ortwin Renn, A. Barrie Pittock Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-292-7, ISBN: 1-84407-292-4 "'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid science is unprecedented.'Thomas Dietz, Dire ..." |
 | | The Risk Society Revisited(Reprint) Social Theory and Risk Governance by Eugene A. Rosa, Aaron Mccright, Ortwin Renn Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Temple University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-0259-2, ISBN: 1-4399-0259-3 "Risk is a part of life. How we handle uncertainty and deal with potential threats influence decision making throughout our lives. In "The Risk Society Revisited, " Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright offer the first book to present an integrated theory of risk and governance.The authors examine our sociological understanding of risk and how we reconcile modern human conditions with our handling of risk in our quest for im ..." |
 | | Corporate Environmentalism in a Global Economy(Updated) Societal Values in International Technology Transfer (Praeger Series in Political) by Halina Szejnwald Brown, Ortwin Renn, Patrick Derr, Allen L. White, Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 1993 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-89930-802-9, ISBN: 0-89930-802-3 "Brown and her colleagues offer an unprecedented analysis of how multinational corporations and developing countries manage, in the face of differing values, to relate as each proceeds in the interest of particular development objectives. Through three case studies involving Du Pont Agrichemical, Occidental Chemical, and Xerox and the countries of India and Thailand, the authors illustrate how the differing values of the host country and ..." |
 | | Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations(Reprint) by Preben Hempel Lindøe, Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn Paperback, 452 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-51526-0, ISBN: 1-107-51526-2 "This book evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia. It provides an interdisciplinary approach with legal, technological, and sociological perspectives on their efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance offshore. Presented in three parts, the volume begins with a review of the technical, l ..." |
 | | Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations by Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn, Preben Hempel Lindøe, Prebeen Hempel Lindoe Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-02554-7, ISBN: 1-107-02554-0 "This book evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia. It provides an interdisciplinary approach with legal, technological, and sociological perspectives on their efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance offshore. Presented in three parts, the volume begins with a review of the technical, l ..." |
 | | Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society(1st Edition) Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe (Routledge Revivals) by Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn, Jean-Paul Lehners Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-93552-5, ISBN: 1-138-93552-2 "Published in 1997. After the collapse of the communist system, the political systems in Eastern Europe were unable to cope with increasing tensions between ethnic majorities and minorities. These tensions led to violent ethnic conflicts and civil wars, in particular in former Yugoslavia. In this phase of transition and nation-(re)building, ethnic groups strove for more political autonomy and even territorial secession. The newly indepen ..." |
 | | International Science and Technology Education(1st Edition) Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) by Ortwin Renn, Andreas Hohlt, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Dorothea Taube Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-88737-4, ISBN: 1-138-88737-4 "Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of science and technology in an international c ..." |
 | | Safe or Not Safe Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food by Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Ingemar Pongratz, Allan Watt Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-7867-7, ISBN: 1-4419-7867-4 "Based on an EU workshop at the end of 2005, the book discusses risk and our food supply. The introductory chapter will discuss all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management. Following a discussion of risk, the authors will present three different case studies that will emphasize the following issues:• What do we want as individuals, as a society• What is the political context of the risk dis ..." |
 | | Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action(1st Edition) (Earthscan Risk in Society) by Carlo C. Jaeger, Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-85383-770-8, ISBN: 1-85383-770-9 "Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty. In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and managing risk - the 'rational actor pa ..." |
 | | International Science and Technology Education(1st Edition) Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) by Ortwin Renn, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube, Nicole C. Karafyllis Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-50681-7, ISBN: 1-138-50681-8 "Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of science and technology in an international c ..." |
 | | Risk Governance(1st Edition) Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World (Earthscan Risk in Society) by Ortwin Renn Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-291-0, ISBN: 1-84407-291-6 "'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid science is unprecedented.'Thomas Dietz, Dire ..." |
 | | Cross-Cultural Risk Perception A Survey of Empirical Studies (Risk, Governance and Society) by Ortwin Renn, Bernd Rohrmann Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 2000 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-7747-4, ISBN: 0-7923-7747-8 "Cross-Cultural Risk Perception demonstrates the richness and wealth of theoretical insights and practical information that risk perception studies can offer to policy makers, risk experts, and interested parties. The book begins with an extended introduction summarizing the state of the art in risk perception research and core issues of cross-cultural comparisons. The main body of the book consists of four cross-cultural studies o ..." |
 | | Environmental Standards Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management by Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn Hardcover, 394 Pages, Published 1998 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-8109-9, ISBN: 0-7923-8109-2 "It is not uncommon that a group of scientists from many different disciplines join a working group, discuss a topic of interest and edit a volume of articles related to this topic. They may even agree on a jointly written introduction or conclusion . The study group "Environmental Standards" established in 1987 as an expert panel of the German Academy of Sciences and Technology in Berlin broke with that common tradition and became invol ..." |
 | | Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation - Evaluating Models for Environmental Discourse(Reprint) by Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Peter Wiedemann, New Hampshire, Peter M. Wiedemann Paperback, 381 Pages, Published 1995 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-3518-4, ISBN: 0-7923-3518-X "Ortwin Renn Thomas Wehler Peter Wiedemann In late July of 1992 the small and remote mountain resort of Morschach in the Swiss Alps became a lively place of discussion, debate, and discourse. Over a three-day period twenty-two analysts and practitioners of public participation from the United States and Europe came together to address one of the most pressing issues in contemporary environmental politics: How ..." |
 | | International Science and Technology Education Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions by Ortwin Renn, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-50021-6, ISBN: 1-317-50021-0 "Schreiner, Camilla and Svein Sjøberg (2007): Science Education and Youth's Identity Construction: Two Incompatible Projects? In: The Re-emergence of Values in the Science Curriculum, edited by Deborah Corrigan, Justin Dillon and Richard Gunstone. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam. Science Partnership Programme (2013): The Official Website of Science Partnership Programme. Available from http://www.jst.go.jp/cpse/spp/ [Accessed 8 Septembe ..." |
 | | Safe or Not Safe Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food by Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Allan Watt, Ingemar Pongratz Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4899-9301-4, ISBN: 1-4899-9301-0 "Based on an EU workshop at the end of 2005, the book discusses risk and our food supply. The introductory chapter will discuss all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management. Following a discussion of risk, the authors will present three different case studies that will emphasize the following issues:• What do we want as individuals, as a society• What is the political context of the risk dis ..." |
 | | Environmental Standards Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management by Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn 394 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4757-2797-5, ISBN: 1-4757-2797-6 "Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management Klaus Pinkau, Ortwin Renn. participated in writing the ,seed text" to section 5.4, and Ernst Mohr (Kiel) contributed to Section 6.2.1 by a lecture and a manuscript. Special thanks are also due to Ludger Honnefelder (Bonn), Albrecht Kellerer (Munich), Lutz von Rosenstiel (Munich) and Martin Weber (Kiel) who provided written com ..." |
 | | Cross-Cultural Risk Perception A Survey of Empirical Studies by Ortwin Renn, Bernd Rohrmann 242 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4757-4891-8, ISBN: 1-4757-4891-4 "Center for Risk Research, Stockholm School of Economics. Sjöberg,L. 1996. A discussion of the limitations of the psychometric and cultural theory approaches to risk perception. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 68, 219–225. Sjöberg,L. 1997. Explaining risk perception: An empirical evaluation of cultural theory. Risk Decision and Policy, 2, 113–130. Slovic, P. 1987. Perception of risk. Science, 236 , 280–285. Slovic, P.1991. Beyond num ..." |
 | | Risk Governance Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World by Ortwin Renn 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Taylor & Francis ISBN-13: 978-1-136-55797-2, ISBN: 1-136-55797-0 "Slovic, P. (1987) 'Perception of risk', Science, vol 236, no 4799, pp280–285 Slovic, P. (1992) 'Perception of risk: Reflections on the psychometric paradigm', in S. Krimsky and D. Golding (eds) Social Theories ofRisk, Praeger, Westport, CT, pp117–152 Slovic, P. (1993) 'Perceived risk, trust and democracy', Risk Analysis, vol 13, pp675–682 Slovic, P. (2000a) 'Trust, emotion, sex, politics, and science: Surveying the risk assessment ..." |
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