Scepticism, reliance and risk managing institutions: Towards a conceptual model of 'critical trust'

Trust in Risk Management: Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 117-142

  Pidgeon, Nick ^a   Poortinga, Wouter ^b   Walls, John ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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