Overview
- Discusses the relationship between science, expertise, deliberation and public values
- Includes case studies from three policy fields – energy, genomics, and public health
- Features contributions from a multidisciplinary team of leading and emerging scholars
- This is an open access book
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Motivated Reasoning, Science and Values: Rethinking Risk Perception and Public Participation in Risk Governance
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Public Trust, Risk Perception and Public Participation: Lessons From the Real Worlds of Risk Governance Energy
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Public Health
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About this book
This open access book features contributions from a multidisciplinary team of leading and emerging scholars focused on democratization of risk assessment, management, and communication. The volume identifies and sheds light on key risk governance dilemmas related to public trust, risk perception and public participation. The first part of the book articulates the relationship among science, expertise, deliberation and public values, featuring an in-depth analysis of the concept of ‘motivated reasoning,’ and the role of trust, values and worldviews in understanding and addressing contemporary controversies over risk decision-making. The volume’s second part features eight case studies from three policy fields – energy, genomics, and public health – and a special section dedicated to vaccine decision-making for Covid-19. Chapters analyze the level, nature and mechanisms of public involvement in risk decision-making, assessing its contribution to the effectiveness and legitimacy of decisions. The case studies focus predominantly on Canada, but they draw on global scholarship and are of direct relevance for scholars and practitioners of risk governance in any country.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democratizing Risk Governance
Book Subtitle: Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values
Editors: Monica Gattinger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24271-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24270-0Published: 29 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24273-1Published: 29 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24271-7Published: 28 April 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 421
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Governance and Government, Philosophy of Science