Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
An international journal focusing on third world development problems.
Regional Development Dialogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
An international journal focusing on third world development problems.
UNDOC, Current Index
Author: Regional Development and Population in Japan
Author: Report
Author: The Social Contours of Risk: Risk analysis, corporations and the globalization of risk
Author: Jeanne X. KaspersonPublisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1844071758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The Social Contours of RiskVolume I: Publics, Risk Communication and the Social Amplification of RiskWe live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field.Volume I collects their fundamental work on how risks are communicated among different publics and stakeholders, including local communities, corporations and the larger society. It analyses the problems of lack of transparency and trust, and explores how even minor effects can be amplified and distorted through media and social responses, preventing effective management. The final section investigates the difficult ethical issues raised by the unequal distribution of risk depending on factors such as wealth, location and genetic inheritance - with examples from worker and public protection, facility-siting conflicts, transporting hazardous waste and widespread impacts such as climate change.
Population Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Demography
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Annotated bibliography covering books, journal articles, working papers, and other material on topics in population and demography.
URU Catalogue
Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Reference UnitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : International economic relations
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
APAIS 1991: Australian public affairs information service
Author: Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Social Contours of Risk
Author: Roger E KaspersonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136557148
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field. Volume II centres on the analysis and management of risk in society, in international business and multinationals, and globally. The 'acceptability' of risk to an individual depends on the context, whether the larger society or in, for example, a corporate framework. Their work clarifies the structures and processes for managing risks in the private sector and the factors that produce or impede effective decisions. The authors demonstrate that corporate culture is crucial in determining risk management. They analyse the transfer of corporate risk management systems from industrial to developing countries, and how globalization is spreading and creating new kinds of risk - the combination of traditional and modern hazards presented by climate change, technology transfer and economic growth. They describe the new priorities and capacities needed to deal with these enhanced vulnerabilities around the globe.
Human Security and Human Rights under International Law
Author: Dorothy Estrada-TanckPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1509902376
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Human security provides one of the most important protections; a person-centred axis of freedom from fear, from want and to live with dignity. It is surprising given its centrality to the human experience, that its connection with human rights has not yet been explored in a truly systematic way. This important new book addresses that gap in the literature by analysing whether human security might provide the tools for an expansive and integrated interpretation of international human rights. The examination takes a two-part approach. Firstly, it evaluates convergences between human security and all human rights – civil, political, economic, social and cultural – and constructs an investigative framework focused on the human security-human rights synergy. It then goes on to explore its practical application in the thematic cores of violence against women and undocumented migrants in the law and case-law of UN, European, Inter-American and African human rights bodies. It takes both a legal and interdisciplinary approach, recognising that human security and its relationship with human rights cuts across disciplinary boundaries. Innovative and rigorous, this is an important contribution to human rights scholarship.