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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Scoones (University of Sussex; ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781509560073ISBN 10: 1509560076 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 09 August 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Navigating uncertainty is indeed much more than just managing risk. This book lays out a compelling argument on how institutions can transform uncertainty from a threat into new opportunities."" Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme ""Drawing on 40 years of experience with failures of prediction, Scoones delivers a powerful critique of modernity’s obsession with quantification and control. Uncertainty is inevitable, he argues, but robust social networks can help guard us against risks that we could not have foretold."" Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University" ""Navigating uncertainty is indeed much more than just managing risk. This book lays out a compelling argument on how institutions can transform uncertainty from a threat into new opportunities."" Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme ""Drawing on 40 years of experience with failures of prediction, Scoones delivers a powerful critique of modernity’s obsession with quantification and control. Uncertainty is inevitable, he argues, but robust social networks can help guard us against risks that we could not have foretold."" Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University Author InformationIan Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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