"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"Chapter. 3. Chemical. Contaminants. in. Food. Ingemar Pongratz, Katarina
Pettersson, and Malin Hedengran Faulds. 1. Why. Are. We. Writing. About. This.
Book. In Western societies today, the issue of food consumption has evolved from
a relatively short chain of trading between producer and consumer to a complex
chain of different parties. Today, food consumption includes large-scale
production, time-efficient handling, transport, an ..."
"Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn, Jean-
Paul Lehners ... publication of the old believers Russians community from
Romania Dumitriu-Seuleanu, Carmen 1995: “You lied the people by TV”, a study
about ..."
"1994: Konfliktsteuerung durch Vereinte Nationen und KSZE, Frankfurt a.M., pp.
108-124 MEYER, Berthold / MOLTMANN, Bernhard (eds.) 1994:
Konfliktsteuerung durch Vereinte Nationen und KSZE, Frankfurt a.M. NOHLEN,
Dieter 1989: Kommunalismus, in: Nohlen, Dieter (ed.) 1989: Pipers Worterbuch
zur Politik (Politikwissenschaft. Theorien - Methoden - Begriffe; edited by Dieter
Nohlen and Rainer-Olaf Schultze), Vol. 1, Miinchen, p. 434 NZZ f ..."
"Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at halting coal production, focusing specifically on how campaigners are trying to stop coal mining in India, Germany, and Australia. Through in-depth comparative ethnography, it shows how loca ..."
""Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"This title was first published in 2000: The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements? The objectives are: to promote a better understanding of the contemporary "ethnic" conf ..."
"The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements? The objectives are: to promote a better understanding of the contemporary "ethnic" conflicts and their social, cultural and poli ..."
"The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements? The objectives are: to promote a better understanding of the contemporary "ethnic" conflicts and their social, cultural and poli ..."
"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 efforts to assess and prevent major accidents and improve safety performance. Presented in three parts, it begins with a review of the factors involved in designing, implem ..."
"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 ..."
"The research group was moderated by Ortwin Renn (chair) and Nicole C.
Karafyllis (co-chair) and supported by a scientific team of young researchers,
Dorothea Taube and Andreas Hohlt. The editors would like to thank the
contributors to this book, all team members who helped to finalize this book,
organize the workshops and the many group meetings, and in particular the
directors and administrators of the BBAW for their continuous an ..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
Environmental Standards Scientific Foundations and Rational Procedures of Regulation with Emphasis on Radiological Risk Management by Klaus Pinkau, OrtwinRenn 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 ..."
"Annual Review of Sociology 19:375–399. Coase, R.H. 1937. “The Nature of the
Firm.” Economica 4:386–405. Cole, B. and Gealt, A. 1989. Art of the Western
World: from Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism. New York: Summit Books.
Coleman, J.S. 1990. Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press. Collins, R. 1988. Theoretical Sociology. NewYork: Harcourt,
Brace, Jovanovich. Collins, R. 1994. Four Sociological Traditi ..."