The value of life
Subtitle: the rise and fall of a scientific research programme
By: by Rune Elvik
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781527506008
Subjects: Traffic safety
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and research problem; title: The societal context; title: Perspectives on risk and the valuation of it; title: The methodology of scientific research programmes; title: Developing a protective belt; title: The progressive phase; title: Anomalies and hard core complexities; title: The struggle between progressive and degenerative tendencies; title: Can meta-analysis create order in chaos?; title: A dissolution of the hard core?; title: Exploring alternative approaches; title: Discussion and conclusions.