- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (19 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750646837
- ISBN-13: 978-0750646833
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,487,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'this book will be of interest to OHS and environmental managers, practitioners and those studying at diploma or degree level for professional qualifications in these fields. If you have never encountered risk other than in the context of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, then this will provide some thought-provoking perspectives.' Safety & Health Practitioner, Feb. 2002 'This is an illuminating expolration of a wide variety of real and imagined risks, and some of the more absurd responses of modern societies to them' Trans IChemE, Vol. 79, July 2001 'The book is strongly recommended to the many undergraduate students of different disciplines whom are now introduced to health and safety, and to the many professionals now faced with such issues. It will help develop a healthy scepticism so necessary for the professional faced with ever increasing political interference, bureaucracy and regulation'. Professor Sir Bernard Crossland, CBE, FRS, FREng, in The Hazards Forum Newsletter, Spring 2001. 'For a view of risk at the level of society at large, and for a wider perspective on risk in general, it is an interesting read'. Health and Safety at Work, April 2001 Morris is an intelligent and thought-provoking editor, who has gathered within the covers of a single book some of the best and brightest brains in the field of risk assessment and management. The chapter on global warming and Kyoto, by Bruce Yandle, should be made compulsory reading for every green fanatic. Yorkshire Post - 5th April 2001
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This book challenges the claim that the precautionary principle is an appropriate guide to public policy decision-making in the face of uncertainty. The precautionary principle is frequently invoked as a justification for regulating human activities. From bans on the use of growth hormones in cattle to restrictions on children's playground activities, precautionary thinking seems to be taking over our lives. As the contributors to this book show, such an approach is of dubious utility and may even be counterproductive. This is a timely and important contribution to the debate on how to manage risk in the modern world. The editor, Julian Morris, is Director of the Environment and Technology Programme at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. He has written widely on issues relating to environmental protection and technological development. It provides up to date discussion of current issues and scientific controversies.
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Precaution has long been a basis for taking action to prevent harm; and at the level of the individual there are clearly merits in this: it is not advisable, for example, to build a house on the edge of a volcano that is expected imminently to erupt. Read the first page
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Precaution has long been a basis for taking action to prevent harm; and at the level of the individual there are clearly merits in this: it is not advisable, for example, to build a house on the edge of a volcano that is expected imminently to erupt. Read the first page
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This book is promising but fails to deliver. If you want to find out a free-market view of risk, Mr Morris's colleague Dr. Roger Bate has a clearer, easier to understand book called: "Life's Adventure: Virtual Risk in a Real World".
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