Many technology debates are characterized by uncertainty in scientific knowledge and emotional discussions between different stakeholders. A considerable amount of information is provided by different stakeholders, emphasizing different views of a controversial subject. This includes, on the one...

This article describes the results of a scientific discourse which aimed at exploring the reasons for differences in expert health risk assessment of radio frequency electromagnetic fields of mobile telephony. It starts with describing the structure of the discourse. Then, the reasons for the...

Visitors' risk perceptions have been found to influence the on-site behaviour of tourists and their intention to return to a destination or to recommend it to others. The present study analyses the perception of tourism risks in the Tyrol, Austria. Building on the psychometric paradigm,...

Abstract Der Aufsatz widmet sich dem wenig erforschten Thema von Politikstrategien der Arbeitsvermittlung. Auf Basis einer Bestandsaufnahme der wichtigsten Vermittlungsstrategien wird zunächst eine Typologie von Vermittlungsansätzen entwickelt. Anschließend wird mit dem Ansatz der...

Early risk detection is essential for being able to address the most important environmental health risk-topics in a persistent and prospective manner. In support of the action programme “Environment and Health” (APUG) of the German Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (BMGS) and...

Since the mid 1990s, the focus of European employment and social policy has shifted from protection to promotion. This book provides a timely analysis of this new form of governance, and the new forms of policy delivery and audit which accompany it.