The Feeling of Risk - New Perspectives on Risk Perception - Hardback - 2010

Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology.
Year of publication: 2010
Pagination: 456 pages, Figures, tables, graphs, index
Format: Hardback
Serie: Earthscan Risk in Society