Sustainability and Social Justice
The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
The investigation of risks is at once a scientific activity and an expression of culture. During the 20th century, massive governmental programs and bureaucracies aimed at assessing and managing risk have emerged in advanced industrial societies. Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars and steady improvements in health, safety and longevity of life, people view themselves as more rather than less vulnerable to the dangers posed by technology. Particularly perplexing is that even risk events with minor physical consequences often elicit strong public concern and produce extraordinarily severe social impacts, at levels unanticipated by conventional risk analysis.
Publication Title
The Perception of Risk
Publication Date
10-6-2016
First Page
232
Last Page
245
ISBN
9781315661773
DOI
10.4324/9781315661773-24
Keywords
risk Taking, social perception, social processes, sociocultural factors
Repository Citation
Kasperson, Roger; Renn, Ortwin; Slovic, Paul; Brown, Halina; Emel, Jacque; Goble, Robert; Kasperson, Jeanne; and Ratick, Samuel, "The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework" (2016). Sustainability and Social Justice. 163.
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