Acceptable Risk? by Lee Clarke
Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, New York, Lee Clarke's compelling study argues that organizational processes are the key to understanding how some risks rather than others are defined as acceptable. He finds a pattern of decision-making based on relationships among organizations rather than the authority of individuals or single agencies.
Lee Clarke is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520076570 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520076575 |
| Title | Acceptable Risk? |
| Author | Lee Clarke |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1991-11-18 |
| Number of pages | 242 |
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