Social trust and the management of risk
By: edited by George Cvetkovich and Ragnar E. Löfstedt
Contributors: Löfstedt, Ragnar; Cvetkovich, George
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Risk management -- Congresses; Trust -- Congresses; Social psychology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Papers initially presented at "the first Bellingham International Social Trust Conference (BIST 1) ... [at] Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington", July 1996--Pref

Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-188) and index
Table of contents: title: Social trust and culture in risk management / Timothy C. Earle and George Cvetkovich; title: Risk, trust and democratic theory / Roger E. Kasperson, Dominic Golding and Jeanne X. Kasperson; title: Perceived risk, trust and democracy / Paul Slovic; title: The attribution of social trust / George Cvetkovich; title: Trust judgements in complex hazard management systems: the potential role of concepts of the system / Branden B. Johnson; title: Environmental regulations in the UK: politics, institutional change and public trust / Ragner E. Löfstedt and Tom Horlick-Jones; title: Perceived competence and motivation in industry and government as factors in risk perception / Lennart Sjoberg; title: Institutional trust and confidence: a journey into a conceptual quagmire / Daniel Metlay; title: Trust and public participation in risk policy issues / Judith A. Bradbury, Kristi M. Branch and Will Focht; title: Social trust, risk management, and culture: insights from Native America / M.V. Rajeev Gowda; title: Who calls the shots? Credible vaccine risk communication / Ann Bostrom; title: Conclusion: social trust: consolidation and future advances / George Cvetkovich and Ragner E. Löfstedt