Theme-Based Book Review: Risk and Uncertainty

Christopher L. Atkinson ()
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Christopher L. Atkinson: University of West Florida

Public Organization Review, 2023, vol. 23, issue 3, No 22, 1249-1257

Abstract: Abstract This theme-based book review considers three recent titles related to risk and uncertainty: The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events, by Louise K. Comfort; Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, by Niall Ferguson; and Fragile Futures: The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change, by Vito Tanzi.

Keywords: risk; uncertainty; disasters; pandemics; climate change; book reviews (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/s11115-022-00657-2

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