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The character of harms : = operational challenges in control /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The character of harms :/ Malcolm K. Sparrow.
Reminder of title:	operational challenges in control /
Author:	Sparrow, Malcolm K.,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Social problems - United States. -
Subject:	United States - Defenses -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753862
ISBN:	9780511753862 (ebook)

The character of harms : = operational challenges in control /
Sparrow, Malcolm K.,

The character of harms :operational challenges in control /Malcolm K. Sparrow. - 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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 -- Invisible harms -- Conscious opponents -- Catastrophic harms -- Harms in equilibrium -- Performance-enhancing risks.

How should we deal with societal ills such as crime, poverty, pollution, terrorism, and corruption? The Character of Harms argues that control or mitigation of 'bad' things involves distinctive patterns of thought and action which turn out to be broadly applicable across a range of human endeavors, and which need to be better understood. Malcolm Sparrow demonstrates that an explicit focus on the bads, rather than on the countervailing goods (safety, prosperity, environmental stewardship, etc.) can provide rich opportunities for surgically efficient and effective interventions - an operational approach which he terms 'the sabotage of harms'. The book explores the institutional arrangements and decision-frameworks necessary to support this emerging operational model. Written for reflective practitioners charged with risk-control responsibilities across the public, private, and non-governmental sectors, The Character of Harms makes a powerful case for a new approach to tackling the complex problems facing society.

ISBN: 9780511753862 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

799130
Social problems
--United States.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

528513
United States
--Defenses

LC Class. No.: HN59.2 / .S665 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 361.10973

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