The character of harms : operational challenges in control / Malcolm K. Sparrow.
By: Sparrow, Malcolm K [author]
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521872102 :; 0521872103 :.Subject(s): Social problems -- United States | Social policy -- United States | Social conflict -- United StatesOnline resources: Table of contents only Click here for access | Contributor biographical information Click here for access | Publisher description Click here for access | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The nature of the control task -- Which way up, and does it matter? -- A different type of work -- Defining problems : setting the scale -- Defining problems : picking the dimensions -- Patterns of thought and action -- Puzzles of measurement -- Structures, protocols, and interactions -- Special categories of harms -- Invisible harms -- Conscious opponents -- Catastrophic harms -- Harms in equilibrium -- Performance-enhancing risks.
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