Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies (Earthscan Risk in Society)

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xFFFD;A thought-provoking and invaluable book for anyone who cares about risk communication and management in the 21st centuryxFFFD; Anna Jung, Director General, European Food Information Council xFFFD;Professor Ragnar LxFFFD;fstedt has once again produced a most interesting book on risk management and trust, well-based on theory and built on empirical findingsxFFFD; Mikael Karlsson, President, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation xFFFD;Highlights the difficult balancing task facing risk regulators. Regulatory inaction against real risks can undermine public trust. However, exaggerated responses to risks can also jeopardize regulatorsxFFFD; credibility. The diverse international case studies developed by Ragnar LxFFFD;fstedt provide guidance for how regulators can navigate these and other frequently competing concernsxFFFD; W. Kip Viscusi, Cogan Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard University, USA xFFFD;In democracies, government policies cannot succeed without public acceptance. Yet complex risk management requires technical expertise. How to reconcile these competing needs? Ragnar LxFFFD;fstedt provocatively challenges recent research claiming that risk managers must engender public trust via deliberative dialogue. He uses four cases studies to argue that the reasons for distrust vary and demand different responses; that in some cases trust can flow from technical competence without public deliberation; and that in others public deliberation can actually aggravate distrust. Trust me: LxFFFD;fstedtxFFFD;s book will add spice to the debate over risk, experts, the public and trustxFFFD; Jonathan B. Wiener, Perkins Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, Duke University, USA We live in xFFFD;post-trustxFFFD; societies, in which public confidence in governments and corporations over health, food and environmental risk is eroding rapidly. Good risk communication can help companies, governments and institutions minimize disputes, resolve issues and anticipate problems. Without such communication, the best policies can become derailed and trust can be lost. Most policy-makers still use outdated methods to communicate policies and achieve their objectives - methods developed before public trust in industry and government was affected by health scares such as BSE, genetically modified organisms and dioxins in Belgian chicken. This book provides effective methods for managing and communicating risk effectively in contemporary societies.