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Practical wisdom in Risk Society. Methods and practice of interpretive analysis on questions of sustainable development
Loeber, A.M.C.
Publication date 2004
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Loeber, A. M. C. (2004). Practical wisdom in Risk Society. Methods and practice of interpretive analysis on questions of sustainable development.
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'Sustainablee development' has been embracedd worldwide in both public policy andd corporate planning as a guiding conceptt to direct attempts at enhancing the currentt and future potential to meet humann needs. The question is how to translatee the abstract concept into concrete policyy measures and practical technological andd institutional change. This book elaboratess methodical and practical guideliness for conducting policy analysis thatt may yield the practical wisdom requiredd to define what a sustainable developmentt may entail in a specific context.. To that end, recent theory on participatoryy and argumentative policy analysiss is coupled with empirical insight fromm the field of Technology Assessment. Annee Loeber is a social scientist working in thee field of environmental policy and policy analysis.. This research was carried out at thee political science department of the Universityy of Amsterdam.
