Trust and technology: The social foundations of aviation regulation

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-106

  Downer, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation regulation; Redundancy; Reliability; Social epistemology; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVIATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CERTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; AVIATION; CERTIFICATION; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951665096     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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