Anticipating or accommodating to public concern? Risk amplification and the politics of precaution re-examined

Regulatory use of the Precautionary Principle (PP) tends to be broadly characterized either as a responsible approach for safeguarding against health and environmental risks in the face of scientific uncertainties, or as ‘state mismanagement’ driven by undue political bias and public anxiety. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Wardman, Jamie K., Lofstedt, Ragnar
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50413/