Trust in risk management : uncertainty and scepticism in the public mind

edited by Michael Siegrist, Timothy C. Earle, and Heinz Gutscher

Trust 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 management and communication. The authors draw on a wide variety of disciplinary approaches and empirical case studies on topics such as mobile phone technology, well-known food accidents and crises, wetland management, smallpox vaccination, cooperative risk management of US forests and the disposal of the Brent Spar oil drilling platform. The book int

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Year of publication:	2010
Other Persons:	Gutscher, Heinz (contributor) ; Siegrist, Michael (contributor) ; Earle, Timothy C. (contributor)
Publisher:	London : Earthscan
Subject:	Risikomanagement \| Risk management \| Vertrauen \| Confidence \| Risiko \| Risk \| Theorie \| Theory
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xviii, 294 p) ill 24 cm
Series:	Earthscan risk and society series Earthscan Risk in Society Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	"First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2007"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references and index Front Cover; Trust in Risk Management; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Trust, Risk Perception and the TCC Model of Cooperation: Timothy C. Earle, Michael Siegrist and Heinz Gutscher; 2. Social Identity and the Group Context of Trust: Managing Risk and Building Trust through Belonging: Michael A. Hogg; 3. Trust and Risk: Implications for Management: Eric M. Uslaner; 4. A Social Judgement Analysis of Trust: People as Intuitive Detection Theorists: Mathew P. White and J. Richard Eiser 5. Scepticism, Reliance and Risk Managing Institutions: Towards a Conceptual Model of 'Critical Trust': Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga and John Walls6. Societal Trust in Risk Analysis: Implications for the Interface of Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Lynn Frewer and Brian Salter; 7. Rebuilding Consumer Trust in the Context of a Food Crisis: Lucia Savadori, Michele Graffeo, Nicolao Bonini,Luigi Lombardi, Katya Tentori and Rino Rumiati; 8. Trust and Risk in Smallpox Vaccination: Ann Bostrom and Emily Atkinson 9. The What, How and When of Social Reliance and Cooperative Risk Management: George Cvetkovich and Patricia L. Winter10. Getting Out of the Swamp: Toward Understanding Sources of Local Officials' Trust in Wetlands Management: Branden B. Johnson; 11. Antecedents of System Trust: Cues and Process Feedback: Peter de Vries, Cees Midden and Anneloes Meijnders; 12. Trust and Confidence in Crisis Communication: Three Case Studies: Michael Siegrist, Heinz Gutscher and Carmen Keller; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	1-84971-106-2 ; 978-1-84971-106-7 ; 978-1-84971-106-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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