Cross-Cultural Risk Perception A Survey of Empirical Studies

Cross-Cultural Risk Perception demonstrates the richness and wealth of theoretical insights and practical information that risk perception studies can offer to policy makers, risk experts, and interested parties. The book begins with an extended introduction summarizing the state of the art in risk...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Renn, Ortwin (Editor), Rohrmann, Bernd (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:Risk, Governance and Society
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One Risk Perception Research — An Introduction
  • Two Nuclear Power and the Public: A Comparative Study of Risk Perception in France and the United States
  • Three Cross-cultural Studies on the Perception and Evaluation of Hazards
  • Four Risk Perception in Bulgaria and Romania
  • Five The Cognitive Architecture of Risk: Pancultural Unity or Cultural Shaping?
  • Six Cross-Cultural Risk Perception Research: State and Challenges
  • List of editors and contributors