Averting Catastrophe
Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologies, by Edward J. Woodhouse and Joseph G. Morone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7967367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dudley J Burton (Baylor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 351-352 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2151381 |
| OpenAlex | W2072585050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
This nonpartisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the risks of such technologies as chemicals, nuclear power, and genetic engineering views regulatory efforts over a period of decades, noting the surprisingly low number of disasters, and finds an ad hoc but intelligent social process at work
Biology · Criminology · Imperfect · Law and economics · Nuclear power · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Process (computing · Sociology · Work (physics · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Philosophy · Risk Perception and Management
The Children of Chernobyl
Cultural risks of technological innovation
Curbing overconsumption
Operating as Experimenting
Technology Theory and Deliberative Democracy
Regulating against Nuclear Terrorism
Chemical Sunset
Is Large-Scale Military R&D Defensible Theoretically
Accommodating Science to External Demands
Waiting for Crisis
Accumulating Trouble
Reconciling garbage cans and rational actors
The Perils of Proliferation
Learning Disabilities for Regulators
The Lessons of Katrina for Intelligent Public Decision Making
Inter‐organizational policy processes in disaster management
Energy research and the contributions of the social sciences
Towards a fair procedure for risk management
Consistent risk management
The environment as a human right
Risk Mitigation in Virtual Organizations
Drs. Pangloss and strangelove meet organizational theory
Reframing incrementalism
Getting realistic about megaproject planning
Information Planning and the Geographical Context of Radiological Emergency Management
Crisis Management
Taming Prometheus
Working in Practice But Not in Theory
Banning chlorofluorocarbons
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2014 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |