Social trust and the management of risk / edited by George Cvetkovich and Ragnar E. Löfstedt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Löfstedt, Ragnar.

Cvetkovich, George (George Thomas)

Series:

Risk, society, and policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk management--Congresses.

Risk management.

Trust--Congresses.

Trust.

Social psychology--Congresses.

Social psychology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Earthscan, 1999.

Summary:

Social trust is a crucial issue to many aspects of modern society. Policy makers continually aspire to winning it and corporations frequently run the risk of losing it. The 'trust deficit' raises vital questions and problems to which until recently there have been few answers or solutions. Experts from both sides of the Atlantic explore the importance for trust of various influences, from individual perceptions to organizational systems, and consider the conditions involved in building or undermining trust. Several authors examine practical hazard management issues, including medical vaccination programmes and popular participation in pollution control and waste management as strategies for enhancing social trust. This book provides insightful analysis for researchers and students of environmental and social sciences and is essential reading for those engaged in risk management in both the public and private sectors.

Contents:

Social trust and culture in risk management / Timothy C. Earle and George Cvetkovich

Risk, trust and democratic theory / Roger E. Kasperson, Dominic Golding and Jeanne X. Kasperson

Perceived risk, trust and democracy / Paul Slovic

The attribution of social trust / George Cvetkovich

Trust judgements in complex hazard management systems: the potential role of concepts of the system / Branden B. Johnson

Environmental regulations in the UK: politics, institutional change and public trust / Ragner E. Löfstedt and Tom Horlick-Jones

Perceived competence and motivation in industry and government as factors in risk perception / Lennart Sjoberg

Institutional trust and confidence: a journey into a conceptual quagmire / Daniel Metlay

Trust and public participation in risk policy issues / Judith A. Bradbury, Kristi M. Branch and Will Focht

Social trust, risk management, and culture: insights from Native America / M.V. Rajeev Gowda

Who calls the shots? Credible vaccine risk communication / Ann Bostrom

Conclusion: social trust: consolidation and future advances / George Cvetkovich and Ragner E. Löfstedt.

Notes:

Papers initially presented at "the first Bellingham International Social Trust Conference (BIST 1) ... [at] Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington", July 1996--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [168]-188) and index.

ISBN:

1853836044

OCLC:

41018144