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Calculating Political Risk by Catherine Althaus
RRP: $113.38$98.43Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This... -
Social Trust and the Management of Risk by George Cvetkovich
RRP: $283.50$246.29Social trust is a crucial issue to many aspects of modern society. Policy makers continually aspire to winning it and corporations frequently run the risk of losing it. The 'trust deficit' raises vital questions and problems to which until recently there... -
Project Risk Analysis: Techniques for Forecasting Funding Requirements, Costs and Timescales by Derek Salkeld
RRP: $283.50$247.13Projects overspend and overrun. Business cases perform less well than expected. Managers tighten their grip and initiate more procedure. But little changes and the scenario repeats, and it has done so for decades. Losing other peoples' money and... -
Transboundary Risk Governance by Rolf Lidskog
RRP: $283.50$246.29Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing problems facing society . This book focuses on a set of key questions relating to environmental... -
Synchronizing Science and Technology with Human Behaviour by Ralf Brand
RRP: $115.48$100.21A rare achievement, one of the first books to link technological and behavioural change to the sustainability agenda Charles Landry, author of The Creative City Any course interested in sustainable development in practice would benefit from the case... -
Risk Management in Project Organisations by Peter J. Edwards
RRP: $100.78$87.80This book enhances the reader's understanding of the nature and presence of risk by raising the organisation's awareness of the risks it faces, and formalising the systems needed to deal with and learn from those risks. While based on the experience of... -
Risk, Media and Stigma: Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology by Paul Slovic
RRP: $100.78$88.64The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. Amplified by the pervasive power of the media, public concern about... -
The Earthscan Reader on Risk by Ragnar E. Lofstedt
RRP: $67.18$59.49This new anthology is a comprehensive introduction to the field of risk theory. The introduction provides the ideal starting point for students and professionals new to risk studies and offers a concise refresher for researchers and practitioners... -
Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law by Geoffrey Hunt
RRP: $79.78$70.10Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with... -
The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century: Late Lessons from Early Warnings by Paul Harremoes
RRP: $262.50$227.35The precautionary principle is widely seen as fundamental to successful policies for sustainability. It has been cited in international courts and trade disputes between the USA and the EU, and invoked in a growing range of political debates... -
Democratizing Technology: Risk, Responsibility and the Regulation of Chemicals by Anne Chapman
RRP: $283.50$246.29Democratizing Technology provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the regulation of chemicals, and an important contribution to green thinking about technology.Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP. This book is an excellent critique of the current... -
Governing Technology for Sustainability by Dr. Joseph Murphy
RRP: $62.98$55.94In a world of growing complexity and dwindling resources, the relationship between technology and sustainability is a pressing issue of concern at the highest levels. This book improves our understanding by examining the ways that people, technology and... -
Genomics and Society: Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions by Martin W. Bauer
RRP: $123.88$107.27From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of... -
Uncertainty and Behaviour: Perceptions, Decisions and Actions in Business by Dr. Melanie E. Kreye
RRP: $283.50$246.29Uncertainty affects us in our everyday lives, and in a wide range of situations but how do individuals and indeed organisations respond to uncertainty and how does it impact their decision-making and actions? Based on the latest developments in academic... -
Integrated Assurance: Risk Governance Beyond Boundaries by Vicky Kubitscheck
RRP: $283.50$247.13The need for assurance is never more acute than in times of turbulence and uncertainty. The events following the financial market crisis demonstrate the catastrophic consequence of risk taking that exceeds the board's appetite, and of not joining up risk... -
The Ethics of Technological Risk by Lotte Asveld
RRP: $283.50$247.13'A comprehensive and important collection that includes essays by some of the leading figures in the field. ...Essential reading for anyone interested in risk assessment.' Professor Kristin Shrader-Frechette, University of Notre Dame 'The editors are to... -
Vaccine Anxieties: Global Science, Child Health and Society by Melissa Leach
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book explores how parents understand and engage with childhood vaccination in contrasting global contexts. This rapidly advancing and universal technology has sparked dramatic controversy, whether over MMR in the UK or oral polio vaccines in Nigeria... -
A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research by Brian Rappert
RRP: $283.50$246.29A Web of Prevention provides a timely contribution to the current debate about life science research and its implications for security. It is an informative guide for both experts and the public. It is a forward-looking contribution covering both ends of... -
Hazards Vulnerability and Environmental Justice by Susan L. Cutter
RRP: $115.48$101.05From Hurricane Katrina and the south Asian tsunami to human-induced atrocities, terrorist attacks and the looming effects of climate change, the world is assailed by both natural and unnatural hazards and disasters. These expose not only human... -
Flood Hazards and Health: Responding to Present and Future Risks by Roger Few
RRP: $100.78$87.80Flood hazards and the risks they present to human health are an increasing concern across the globe, in terms of lives, well-being and livelihoods, and the public resources needed to plan for, and deal with, the health impacts. This book is the first... -
Trust in Cooperative Risk Management: Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind by Timothy C. Earle
RRP: $188.98$164.83Trust is an important factor in risk management, affecting judgements of risk and benefit, technology acceptance and other forms of cooperation. In this book the world?s leading risk researchers explore all aspects of trust as it relates to risk... -
Political Risk Intelligence for Business Operations in Complex Environments by Robert Mckellar 9780367710613
RRP: $111.28$96.66Macro-level dynamics and modelling are well represented in the mainstream political risk literature. However, not many writings on the subject get their hands dirty in terms of revealing the hard, nuanced and practical work behind knowing what the issues... -
From Risk Profiling to Enterprise Resilience: Interdependencies in Management Sylwia Bąk 9781032846910
RRP: $102.88$87.44From Risk Profiling to Enterprise Resilience introduces readers to a new approach to risk profiling theory and methodology, as well as relationships between an enterprise’s risk profile and its resilience to crises.Given the need to reflect on changes in... -
Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understanding, Evaluating and Implementing Effective Enterprise Risk Management Kate Boothroyd 9781398618657
RRP: $104.98$89.23Fundamentals of Risk Management provides a comprehensive introduction to enterprise risk for students and risk professionals, with tools and tips, expert insights and coverage of key developments in an ever-evolving field. Effective enterprise risk... -
Operational Risk Management in Financial Services: A Practical Guide to Establishing Effective Solutions Elena Pykhova 9781398617148
RRP: $88.18$84.53Technology failures, data loss, issues with providers of outsourced services, misconduct and mis-selling are just some of the top risks that the financial industry faces. Operational risk management is, simply, a commercial necessity. The management... -
Security Officers and Supervisors: 150 Things You Should Know Lawrence J. Fennelly 9781032515267
RRP: $102.88$89.59Security Officers and Supervisors: 150 Things You Should Know presents an array of relevant topics, including addressing “Tips of the Trade” in how to manage a team of professionals and serve as an effective supervisor. This includes both keeping... -
Security Officers and Supervisors: 150 Things You Should Know Lawrence J. Fennelly 9781032515342
RRP: $273.00$235.43Security Officers and Supervisors: 150 Things You Should Know presents an array of relevant topics, including addressing “Tips of the Trade” in how to manage a team of professionals and serve as an effective supervisor. This includes both keeping... -
Operational Risk Management in Financial Services: A Practical Guide to Establishing Effective Solutions Elena Pykhova 9781398617193
RRP: $266.70$226.70Technology failures, data loss, issues with providers of outsourced services, misconduct and mis-selling are just some of the top risks that the financial industry faces. Operational risk management is, simply, a commercial necessity. The management...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $266.70$226.70Subtotal: -
A Theory of Uncertainty: Perspectives in Philosophy, Social Sciences, and Risk Research Andreas Klinke 9781032738888
RRP: $273.00$235.43Using sources from classical to modern that broach the phenomenon of uncertainty and its relation to risk, this book creates a novel approach to the recognized but theoretically often unattended issue of uncertainty.Andreas Klinke develops a new, general...