ISBN:
9781139115230
,
9780521171977
,
9781139123150
,
9781283298537
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 189 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Darwin College lectures 24
Parallel Title:
Print version Risk
DDC:
302/.12
Keywords:
Risk perception
;
Risk Sociological aspects
;
Risk assessment
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
"Recent events from the economic downturn to climate change mean that there has never been a better time to be thinking about and trying to better understand the concept of risk. In this book, prominent and eminent speakers from fields as diverse as statistics to classics, neuroscience to criminology, politics to astronomy, as well as speakers embedded in the media and in government have put their ideas down on paper in a series of essays that broaden our understanding of the meaning of risk. After twenty-five years, the prestigious Darwin College Lectures are one of the most popular public lecture series at the University of Cambridge. The risk lectures in 2010 were amongst the most popular yet and, in essay form, they make for a lively and engaging read for specialists and non-specialists alike"--
Abstract:
An interdisciplinary approach to the theme of risk, from cutting edge scholars and understandable to all
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Layla Skinns, Michael Scott and Tony Cox; 2. Quantifying uncertainty David Spiegelhalter; 3. Decisions, risk and the brain John P. O'Doherty; 4. Risk and government: the architectonics of blame avoidance Christopher Hood; 5. Risk and the humanities: alea iacta est Mary Beard; 6. Terrorism and counterterrorism: what is at risk? Lucia Zedner; 7. Risk and natural catastrophes: the long view Mark Bailey; 8. Risk in the context of (human-induced) climate change Robert Watson.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The Darwin College Lecture Series; Risk in 2010; Extending our reach in 2010; The chapters ahead; Risk beyond 2010; References; 2 Quantifying uncertainty; Putting numbers on risks; Putting probabilities on events; Representing probabilities; Communicating small lethal risks; Transport; Medical events; Leisure activities; Epistemic uncertainty; Deeper uncertainties; Conclusions; Answers to quiz; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Decisions, risk and the brain; Introduction; Neuroeconomics; Utility in economics; Reinforcers and psychologyCognitive neurology of decision-making: the case of Phineas Gage and beyond; Decision utility, experienced utility and the brain; Neural representation of experienced utility; From experienced to decision utility: learning and prediction errors; Decision utility; Decisions and risk; Risk and the brain; Outstanding questions; Conclusion; References; 4 Risk and government; Puzzling over gaps between practice and declared principles in government and public services; Where blame-avoidance comes in and shapes the handling of risk; Some basic concepts and definitions: blame, blame games, blame risk and blame-avoidanceBlame; Blame games; Blame risk and blame-avoidance; Forms of blame-avoidance; Blame avoidance as activity and as outcome; Blame-avoidance as anticipation and reaction, and as harm-related and responsibility-related activity; Presentational, agency and policy strategies of blame-avoidance; Combinations and varieties; Does it matter? The wrong sort of blame-avoidance; Conclusion; References; 5 Risk and the humanities; Introduction; Risk society: ancient and modern; Dicing at Rome; Dice oracles ...
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,
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