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  • Risk Governance

    Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World

    by Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    �Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. The skill with which he builds practical recommendations from solid ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation

    A Critical Review of Formats for Deliberative Policymaking

    by Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Pia-Johanna Schweizer ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action

    by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty.In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Structural Human Ecology

    New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability

    by Nadine Bratchatzek, Paul Ehrlich, Sylvia Hiller, Roger E. Kasperson, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, Allan Mazur, Ortwin Renn, Dirk Scheer ...
    The desire to understand people’s influence on ecosystems has inspired scientific studies and analyses of the stress individuals and communities place on the environment, human well-being, and the tradeoffs between them. As an emerging discipline, Structural Human Ecology is devoted to unlocking the dynamic links between population, environment, social organization, and technology. The new field ... Read more

    $27.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risk Management and Governance

    Concepts, Guidelines and Applications

    by Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Risk is a popular topic in many sciences - in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social, economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk. Investigating risk requires a multidisciplinary approach. The authors, coming from two very different disciplinary traditions, meet this challenge by building bridges between the engineering, the statistical ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Safe or Not Safe

    Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food

    by Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Allan Watt, Ingemar Pongratz ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    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 ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation

    Evaluating Models for Environmental Discourse

    Edited by Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Peter Wiedemann ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Ortwin Renn Thomas Wehler Peter Wiedemann In late July of 1992 the small and remote mountain resort of Morschach in the Swiss Alps became a lively place of discussion, debate, and discourse. Over a three-day period twenty-two analysts and practitioners of public participation from the United States and Europe came together to address one of the most pressing issues in contemporary environmental ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Narratives in Times of Radical Transformation

    Edited by Toshio Kawai, Jonas Fahlbusch, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Ortwin Renn, Regina Renn ...
    This book explores how narratives have been and can be used to facilitate radical transformations towards a more sustainable future.Scholars from various disciplines have been increasingly utilizing social and cultural narratives to understand personal, social, and cultural transformations. These narratives offer guiding principles for achieving personal, social, and cultural transformations. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Food Safety Governance

    Integrating Science, Precaution and Public Involvement

    Edited by Marion Dreyer, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    working mechanisms and to develop the overall governance framework in which we operate. Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Executive Director European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Parma, March 2008 Acknowledgements This book and the General Framework for the Precautionary and Inclusive Governance of Food Safety that it presents and critically discusses have grown out of research undertaken within one of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society

    Proposals for a New Era in Eastern Europe

    Edited by Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn, Jean-Paul Lehners ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    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 ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Delphi Methods In The Social And Health Sciences

    Concepts, applications and case studies

    Edited by Marlen Niederberger, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Delphi methods enable the systematic collection of expert judgments. They have proven to be particularly useful when a certain level of expertise and judgment is required to answer a research question. There are different variants of Delphi methods, such as the group Delphi or the real-time Delphi. The book presents current methodological developments and examples of application in the social and ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • International Science and Technology Education

    Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions

    Edited by Ortwin Renn, Andreas Hohlt, Dorothea Taube, Nicole Karafyllis ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes, and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD