| 47-16 Risk and Cultural Theory |
| Date: | Thursday, April 22 10:25 am |
| Chair(s): | Brendon Swedlow, Northern Illinois University
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| Paper(s): | Risk, Regulation and Financial Crisis: Comparing National Responses in Financial Regulation |
| Using cultural theory, this paper explores argumentation patterns and regulatory responses to the financial crisis in the US, the UK and Germany. It asks whether responses are driven by national biases and How argumentation has changed over time. |
| Martin Lodge, London School of Economics
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|  I Disagree, Therefore I Am: A Reformulation of the Cultural Theory of Risk |
| In this paper, I argue that the cultural theory of risk developed by Douglas, Thompson and Wildavsky can greatly be strengthened by combining it with the structuralism of Levy-Strauss. |
| Marco Verweij, Jacobs University
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| Cultural Theory and the Bomb: The Relative Role of Cultural Orientations in Americans’ Preferences for the Future of Nuclear Weapons |
| We employ U.S. nation-wide survey samples and hierarchically structured models to estimate the manner in which cultural dispositions shape public views on the risks of nuclear conflict and preferences for future nuclear arms reduction policies. |
| Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma
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| Kerry G. Herron, University of Oklahoma
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| Joseph Thaoms Ripberger, University of Oklahoma
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| Who Fears the HPV Vaccine, Who Doesn't, and Why? An Experimental Study of the Mechanisms of Cultural Cognition |
| The proposed mandatory vaccination of school girls for HPV has provoked intense political controversy. Experiment results identify psychological mechanisms through which individual values interact with perceptions of the risks of HPV vaccination. |
| Dan M. Kahan, Yale Law School
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| Donald Braman, George Washington University
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| John Gastil, University of Washington
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| Discussant(s): | Brendon Swedlow, Northern Illinois University
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