Worst Cases
Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
- Contents
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1 Worst Cases: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
2 The Sky Could Be Falling: Globally Relevant Disasters and the Perils of Probabilism
3 What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
4 Power, Politics, and Panic in Worst Cases
5 Silver Linings: The Good from the Worst
6 Living and Dying in Worst Case Worlds
Notes
Index
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Economics and Business: Business--Business Economics and Management Studies | Health Economics
Political Science: Public Policy
Psychology: Social Psychology
Sociology: Collective Behavior, Mass Communication | General Sociology | Social Institutions
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