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Fear of Democracy: A Cultural Evaluation of Sunstein on Risk

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The effective regulation of risk poses a singular challenge to democracy. The public welfare of democratic societies depends on their capacity to abate all manner of natural and man-made hazards — from environmental catastrophe and economic collapse to domestic terrorism and the outbreak of disease. But the need to form rational responses to these and other dangers also challenges democratic societies in a more fundamental way: by threatening their commitment to genuinely deliberative policymaking.

Source: bepress Legal Repository

DOI: 10.4324/9781849776677-20

Authors: Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, Donald Braman, John Gastil

Institutions: Yale University, University of Oregon, George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Risk Perception and Management

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation