Bammer G., Smithson M. (Eds.) Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Earthscan, 2008. — 400 p. — (Earthscan Risk in Society).Setting the Scene
Introduction (Gabriele Bammer & Michael Smithson)
The Many Faces and Masks of Uncertainty (Michael Smithson)
Adopting Orphans: Uncertainty and Other Neglected Aspects of Complex Problems (Gabriele Bammer)
More than a Cabinet of Curiosities: Disciplinary and Practice Perspectives on Uncertainty
When Action Can’t Wait: Investigating Infectious Disease Outbreaks (Aileen J. Plant)
Uncertainty and Religion: Ten Provisional Theses (Stephen Pickard)
Uncertainty in the Physical Sciences: How Big? How Small? Is It Actually There At All? (Stephen J. Buckman)
Statistics: An Essential Tool for Model Citizens (Robyn G. Attewell)
A Philosopher’s Guide to Probability (Alan Hájek)
Musical Improvisation, Creativity and Uncertainty (John Mackey)
Uncertainty as a Creative Force in Visual Art (Sasha Grishin)
Historians and Disputes over Uncertainty (Ann Curthoys)
Approaches to Uncertain Futures (Kate Delaney)
Embracing Social Uncertainties with Complex Systems Science (Pascal Perez)
Heroin: Injected with Uncertainty (Alison Ritter)
Political Practice: Uncertainty, Ethics and Outcomes (Michael Moore)
Smoke and Mirrors: Managing Uncertainty in the Public Health Sector (Liz Furler)
Economists and Uncertainty (John Quiggin)
Psychology’s Ambivalent View of Uncertainty (Michael Smithson)
Uncertainty in Decision-making: Intelligence as a Solution (Steve Longford)
Emergency Management Thrives on Uncertainty (John Handmer)
Uncertainty, Complexity and the Environment (Stephen Dovers, Michael Hutchinson, David Lindenmayer, Adrian Manning, Frank Mills, Paul Perkins, Jason Sharples and Ian White)
Uncertainty, Terrorism and Law Enforcement (Michael McFadden, Rod Lyon and Roy Pinsker)
Certainty as Illusion: The Nature and Purpose of Uncertainty in the Law (Judith S. Jones)
Unifying Diversity
The Nature of Uncertainty (Gabriele Bammer, Michael Smithson and the Goolabri Group)
Uncertainty Metaphors, Motives and Morals (Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group)
Coping and Managing under Uncertainty (Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group
Implications for Risk Assessment and Management
Coping with Deep Uncertainty: Challenges for Environmental Assessment and Decision-making (Roger E. Kasperson)
Risk, Uncertainty and Social Controversy: From Risk Perception and Communication to Public Engagement (Nick Pidgeon)