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Searching for Safety

Searching for Safety

Wildavsky, Aaron

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138532339
ISBN13: 9781138532335
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 8 2018
Pages: 284
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Protecting ourselves against the risks associated with modern technologies has emerged as a major public concern throughout the industrialized world. Searching for Safety is unique in its exposition of a theory that explains how and why risk taking makes life safer and exposes the high risk of avoiding change. The book covers a wide range, including how the human body, as well as plants, animals, and insects, cope with danger. Wildavsky asks whether piling on safety measures actually improves safety. While he agrees that society should sometimes try to prevent large-scale harm, he explains why a strategy of resilience--learning from error how to bounce back in better shape--is usually better. His intention is to shift the debate about risk from passive prevention of harm to an active search for safety. This book will be of special interest to those concerned with risk involving technology, health, safety, environmental protection, regulation, and more.

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