Reading
Hood, C., H. Rothstein and R. Baldwin. 2001. The Government
of Risk. Read the excerpts in the Required Course Pack.
Questions for class discussion
1. Provide examples of different institutions that society uses
to manage and/or reduce human health risk. For each example, discuss the
theory or premise behind its ability to reduce risk.
Hint: Government agencies and
financial markets are two examples. See Hood et al. (2001)