| 来源类型 | Book Section
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| 规范类型 | 其他
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-62108-1_15
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| ISSN | 9783319621074
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| ‘We’re doomed!’ A critical assessment of risk framing around chemical and biological weapons in the 21st century. |
| Mancini, Giulio; Revill, James
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| 发表日期 | 2017-11-01
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| 出版者 | Springer International Publishing
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| 出版年 | 2017
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| 页码 | 311-325
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Risk’ and ‘risk assessment’ rhetoric has become pervasive in 21st century politics and policy discourses. Although a number of different meanings of ‘risk’ are evident, the concept frequently purports to be an objectively, quantifiable and rational process based on the likelihood and consequences of adverse events. However, using the example of chemical and biological weapons (CBW), this chapter argues that security-related risks are not always objectively analysable, let alone quantifiable. Moreover, the process of risk assessment is not always ‘rational’. This is, first, because efforts to quantify CBW-related risks normally require a body of data from which to inform assessments of probability when in fact there are limitations in data pertaining to the human dimension of CBW terrorism; with considerable gaps in knowledge of CBW incidents and a need for caution because of the emotive power of allegations of association with CBW. Second because the consequences of a CBW event are often informed by a wide range of variables, which make such weapons highly unpredictable. Third because conclusions that are drawn from any dataset often depend on the questions asked and the assumptions and values that ‘subjectify’ risk calculations, not least depending on if and how ‘expertise’ on risk is defined. This is not to say that risk assessment is not important, but that CBW risks might require a combination of a more rational phase of risk characterization with a more ‘subjective’ process of risk evaluation that acknowledges uncertainty of probabilistic modelling, deals with ambiguity, and opens-up the questions and assumptions that inform the risk assessment process to wider scrutiny and to the consideration of social and other factors. |
| 特色分类 | H Social Sciences$JZ5587 International security. Disarmament. Global survival
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| 关键词 | biological weapons, chemical weapons, risk, uncertainty, risk assessment, bioterrorism, chemical terrorism, security, threats, scientific advice.
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| URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68913/
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| 来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468972
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