Risk, Media, and Stigma: Understanding Public Challenges To Modern Science And Technology. (Books of Note).

From: Environment | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Ingram, Helen | Copyright information

edited by James Flynn, Paul Slovic, and Howard Kunreuther; Earthscan, London, 2001; 416 pp., [pounds sterling]24.95 paper (ISBN 1-85383-700-8)

Stigma as related to people and social categories has long been studied by sociologists, but the association of stigma with technological development has been neglected. Contemporary environmental politics, however, is rich with examples of stigma, including mad cow disease, biologically modified organisms, nuclear waste disposal,...

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