A01=Lee Clarke
acceptable risk
alternatives
Author_Lee Clarke
bhopal
binghamton state office building
biology
Category=RN
chemical problems
chernobyl
consequences
decision making
decontamination
disruption of routine
dissent
division of labor
environmental science
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
labor
medical surveillance
modern technology
organizational anarchy
organizational processes
organizations
personal jeopardy
risk
sociology
symbolic risk
theory of choice
three mile island
workers
Product details
- ISBN 9780520076570
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 1991
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, New York, Lee Clarke's compelling study argues that organizational processes are the key to understanding how some risks rather than others are defined as acceptable. He finds a pattern of decision-making based on relationships among organizations rather than the authority of individuals or single agencies.
Lee Clarke is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University.
