EAN: 9789811999864

ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS - SATISH CHANDRA KARTON...

This book deals with the contemporary subject of perception of risk and its influence on
accidents and disasters. The contents examine the conventional viewpoints on human errors 
incubation of errors  complexity and organisational deviance as a cause for accidents. Work of
Mary Douglas with regard to risk  Charles Perrow's work on the normal accident theory and Diane
Vaughan's theory on normalisation of deviance are examined from a fresh perspective in this
book. It also discusses prominent accidents in aviation  space  nuclear energy  automotive and
healthcare  using the pandemic and Boeing 737 Max as a backdrop to study accidents and
disasters. It further explores the background and similarities to these events and addresses
the core issues such as the state of regulation  the worldview of the sociologists  and
proposes that mental models of complex systems  avarice and risk for gain as other
possibilities for accidents. Using the concept of nudge in behavioural economics and the Elinor
Ostrom's viewpoint on regulating for common good  it suggests a way forward through the High
Reliability Organisation Theory (HRO) leading to enhanced risk perception. The book will be of
interest to those who would like to understand the need to incorporate risk perception into
regulation  engineers and scientists  professionals and policy makers working in the areas of
disaster and risk management  technology areas like aviation  nuclear plants  space and
healthcare  students of the sociology of risk and of course the general reader.

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