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Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Risk and the public acceptance of new technologiesedited by Rob Flynn and Paul Bellaby.
other author:	Flynn, R.
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ;PalgraveMacmillan,2007.
Description:	xvii, 264 p. :ill.
Subject:	Technological innovationsSocial aspects.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230591288

Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies
Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies[electronic resource] /edited by Rob Flynn and Paul Bellaby. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ;PalgraveMacmillan,2007. - xvii, 264 p. :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies / Rob Flynn -- Public dialogue and the scientific citizen / Alan Irwin -- On the signature of new technologies: materiality, sociality and practical reasoning / Tom Horlick-Jones -- Public acceptance of new technologies in food products and production / Arnout R.H. Fisher, Lynn J. Fewer -- Making sense of uncertainty and precaution: the example of mobile telecommunications / Julie Barnett, Lada Timotijevic -- Against the stream: moving public engagement on nanotechnologies upstream / Laison Mohr -- Public acceptability of hydrogen fuel call transport and associated refueling infrastructures / Tanya O'Garra, Peter Pearson, Susana Mourato -- Social representations of hydrogen technologies: a community-owned wind-hydrogen project / Fionnguala Sherry-Brennan, Hannah Devine-Wright, Patrick Devine-Wright -- Stakeholder' and publics' perception of hydrogen energy technologies / Miriam Ricci, Paul Bellaby, Rob Flynn -- Technological transitions and public engagement competing visions of hydrogen fuel station / Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin, Victorian Simpson -- Towards a sustainable energy future: participatory foresight and appraisal as a response to managing uncertainty and contested social values / Malcom Eames, William McDowall.

Scientific and technological innovation is increasingly rapid and having far-reaching effectson society. Major change is occurring in all aspects of our lives, most notably in the way we communicate with each other, in the food we consume, in the nature of the materials which form everyday objects, and in future energy systems. All of these carry potential risks and benefits, and there hasbeen growing public concern about trust in experts. In response, there have been attempts to 'engage'the public in various ways and to assess the acceptability of these innovations. This volume bringstogether leading social scientists to present the most up-to-date research about these topics, and toexamine the debates about risk and public acceptance of new technologies.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230591288

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230591288doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

230527
Technological innovations
--Social aspects.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: T173.8 / .R57 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/3

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