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Risk, uncertainty and precaution: some instrumental implications from the social sciences

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Edward Elgar

Page range

33-76

Pages

304.0

Book title

Negotiating environmental change: new perspectives from social science

Place of publication

Cheltenham, UK,

ISBN

184376153X

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

Notes

This book chapter brings together much of Prof Stirlings major but previously scattered works dealing with `incertitude and precaution. It examines the instrumentalities of the social science and in doing so finds, among other results, that bolt-on afterthoughts are inadequate for handling incertitude. A pluralistic response is strongly advocated.

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  • Yes

Editors

F Berkhout, Ian Scoones, Melissa Leach

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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