India's risks : democratizing the management of threats to environment, health, and values
Moor
Rajeev Gowda, M. VContributor
Rajeev Gowda, M. VEditor
Moor, RaphaelleContributor
Moor, RaphaelleEditor
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values. Some of the issues that this volume explores are: what counts as an 'acceptable' risk, and who decides? How should divergent perceptions of risks be reconciled? And, where is the line between science and politics?
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values. Some of the issues that this volume explores are: what counts as an 'acceptable' risk, and who decides? How should divergent perceptions of risks be reconciled? And, where is the line between science and politics?
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2014).
Section 1. Disasters and the environment -- section 2. Public health -- section 3. Science and technology.
Risk management
Environmental policy
Public health
Science and state
Technology and state
Management Styles & Communication
Management
Business & Economics