Cross-Cultural Risk Perception demonstrates the richness and wealth of theoretical insights and practical information that risk perception studies can offer to policy makers, risk experts, and interested parties. The book begins with an extended introduction summarizing the state of the art in risk perception research and core issues of cross-cultural comparisons. The main body of the book consists of four cross-cultural studies on public attitudes towards risk in different countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania,...

Cross-Cultural Risk Perception demonstrates the richness and wealth of theoretical insights and practical information that risk perception studies can offer to policy makers, risk experts, and interested parties. The book begins with an extended introduction summarizing the state of the art in risk perception research and core issues of cross-cultural comparisons. The main body of the book consists of four cross-cultural studies on public attitudes towards risk in different countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania,...

Das vorliegende Buch ist in den Jahren 1988-1990 im Rahmen der Programm gruppe "Mensch-Umwelt-Technik" des Forschungszentrums Julich entstanden. Diese sozialwissenschaftlich orientierte Gruppe befasst sich seit 1988 mit der Analyse der Bedingungen, Probleme und Moglichkeiten der Kommunikation uber technikbedingte Risiken. Angesichts des vielfaltigen Gebrauchs und der oft unklaren Konturen des Risiko-Begriffes in der wissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Risiko-Debatte stellte sich die Gruppe die Aufgabe, die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der Risiko-Kommunikation in verschiedenen,...