Title: Decisions in doubt : the environment and public policy /
Authors: Robison, Wade L.
Publisher: Dartmouth College : University Press of New England,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Environmental policy United States
Abstract: Using examples from the area of waste management but touching also upon issues like the ozone layer, contaminated foodstuffs, and asbestos removal, Robison presents a new vision for rational decision making on environmental issues. But his ideas extend far beyond that arena to include other aspects of public policy. For in exploring a paradigm about how to make reasonable decisions without condemning us to inaction in the face of risks, Robison points out faults in our old policy-making methodology and offers a rationale for a decision procedure based less on certainty but more adapted and adaptive to our times.
Contents: 1. Making the Best Choices -- 2. Natural Social Artifacts -- 3. Knowledge and Doubt -- 4. Who Decides? -- 5. The Options -- 6. What Ought We to Do? -- 7. A New Cast of Mind.