Decisions in doubt
Subtitle: the environment and public policy
By: Wade L. Robison.
Series: The Nelson A. Rockefeller series in social science and public policy
Publisher: Dartmouth College; University Press of New England
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Environmental policy -- United States
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-253) and index.