Elvik, Rune,

The value of life : the rise and fall of a scientific research programme / by Rune Elvik. - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (vii, 353 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Background and research problem -- The societal context -- Perspectives on risk and the valuation of it -- The methodology of scientific research programmes -- Developing a protective belt -- The progressive phase -- Anomalies and hard core complexities -- The struggle between progressive and degenerative tendencies -- Can meta-analysis create order in chaos? -- A dissolution of the hard core? -- Exploring alternative approaches -- Discussion and conclusions.



9781527512979


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HE5614 / .V358 2018