Coming to Terms with Chance
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Actuarial Fairness
actuarial science
african
americans
Antisocial Behavior
Author_Oscar H. Gandy
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Comparative Risk Perception
Credit Default Swaps
Crime Control Technology
cumulative
Database Journalism
disadvantage
discrimination in policy
Discriminatory Techniques
DNA Database
DNA Evidence
DNA Fragment Length
DNA Match
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FBI Activity
Ground Flash Density
GWA Study
Individual's DNA
inequality measurement
Large Scale Social Experiments
Luck Egalitarianism
media influence analysis
Natural Lottery
News Media's Reliance
NRC Panel
Payday Lenders
risk assessment models
Sentencing Guidelines
social stratification
statistical decision systems in society
Wild Rivers
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754679615
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments. Ultimately, this book challenges the actuarial logic and instrumental rationalism that drives public policy and emphasizes the role that the mass media play in justifying its expanded use. Although its arguments and examples take as their primary emphasis the ways in which these decision systems affect the life chances of African-Americans, the findings are also applicable to a broad range of groups burdened by discrimination.
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr, is Professor Emeritus of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
