The logical structure of the social amplification of risk framework (SARF): Meta theoretical foundations and policy implications
2003; Cambridge University Press; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/cbo9780511550461.003
Autores Tópico(s)Policy Transfer and Learning
ResumoThe social amplification of risk framework (SARF) is the most comprehensive tool available for the study of risk. Theories and frameworks are useful and effective only insofar as they conform to certain fundamental features of logic: clearly defined terms, coherence, internal consistency, sound organization explicated with parsimony, accompanied by a specification of scope conditions, and the generation of testable hypotheses. The first goal of this chapter is to evaluate critically key foundational concepts of the SARF and to strengthen its foundation with a set of metatheoretical principles that have been coherently structured. The second goal is to use these same metatheoretical principles to establish symmetry between SARF and risk policy. Such symmetry should enhance communication between experts and laypersons in the development of risk policy and, therefore, remove some of the obstacles to effective, democratic risk policy.
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