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Hardback. Presents an introduction to risk and uncertainty as they have been analysed in sociology and related social sciences. This book draws on the wide array of contemporary social theories of risk and relates these to the many and diverse areas in contemporary society where risk plays an important role. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640983
ISBN
9780745640983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive introduction to risk and uncertainty as they have been analysed in sociology and related social sciences. This book draws on the wide array of contemporary social theories of risk and relates these to the many and diverse areas in contemporary society where risk plays an important role. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640990
ISBN
9780745640990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gardoni, Paolo; Murphy, Colleen; Rowell, Arden. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 311 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; LBBP; RNR; TGPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 637.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319221250
ISBN
9783319221250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.87

Paperback. Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GPQD; JPP; KJC; KNV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415739696
ISBN
9780415739696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.15

paperback. The English School of International Relations has traditionally maintained that international society cannot accommodate hierarchical relationships between states. This book employs a unique theoretical and conceptual approach challenging this view and arguing that hierarchies are formed on Western states' need to manage globalised risks. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349484614
ISBN
9781349484614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Hardcover. The English School of International Relations has traditionally maintained that international society cannot accommodate hierarchical relationships between states. This book employs a unique theoretical and conceptual approach challenging this view and arguing that hierarchies are formed on Western states' need to manage globalised risks. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137396365
ISBN
9781137396365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Bioterrorism, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel, June 2005 Editor(s): Green, Manfred S.; Zenilman, Jonathan; Cohen, Dani; Balicer, Ran D. Series: NATO Security Through Science Series A (Closed):. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402058066
ISBN
9781402058066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.69

Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Bioterrorism, held in Ein-Gedi, Israel, June 2005 Editor(s): Green, Manfred S.; Zenilman, Jonathan; Cohen, Dani; Wiser, Itay; Balicer, Ran D. Series: NATO Security Through Science Series A (Closed):. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402058073
ISBN
9781402058073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Fra Paleo, Urbano. Num Pages: 538 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; RB; RNF; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9789402403725
ISBN
9789402403725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 196.09

Hardcover. Risk Governance Editor(s): Fra.Paleo, Urbano. Num Pages: 515 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; RB; RNF; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401793278
ISBN
9789401793278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.16

Hardcover. This comprehensive and accessible guide to risk assessment, management and governance approaches the topic from two angles, explaining new insights and enabling a synthesis of the engineering, statistical and social science perspectives on risk management. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 278 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JPA; KJMV6; RNF; TBN; TGPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642139253
ISBN
9783642139253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Raczkowski, Konrad. Num Pages: 448 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319308760
ISBN
9783319308760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.23

Paperback. Aims to familiarize students of public policy with the precautionary principle, which plays a vital role in the European Union's approach toward regulating risks. This book is suitable for both academics and practitioners. It shows how the precautionary principle is put into practice and to what extent precautionary measures become modified. Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Num Pages: 102 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 175.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461419839
ISBN
9781461419839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.83

Paperback. This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the 1990s led to regulatory regimes for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in Europe. However, the developmental paths of these regimes differ and so does the efficiency and legitimacy of regulatory policy-making." Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KN; TCB; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349359363
ISBN
9781349359363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the 1990s led to regulatory regimes for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in Europe. However, the developmental paths of these regimes differ -- and so does the efficiency and legitimacy of regulatory policy-making. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPQB; KNDF; KNDP; LNTM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537651
ISBN
9780230537651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382873
ISBN
9781349382873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230620490
ISBN
9780230620490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Paperback. When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deepen understanding of factors involved in risk based trade conflict. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349441747
ISBN
9781349441747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardcover. When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict. By looking across cases disputed and informally resolved, David Hornsby offers to deepen understanding of factors involved in risk based trade conflict. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137034168
ISBN
9781137034168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. We are at a critical moment in American history; our right to privacy is seemingly at odds with our nation's security needs in the post-September 11th world, a tension that is at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JP; LNDC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Longstreet Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563527340
ISBN
9781563527340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.62

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