Risk and society /
What does it mean to live in 'risk society'? How does the idea of risk change how we live with each other? Risk dominates individual and collective consciousness. This book examines the social construction of risk, by considering a range of social theories, addressing the literature and pr...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781848600584 1848600585 9781446216323 1446216322 9786611361938 6611361936 1281361933 9781281361936 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Tables and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Understanding Risk; ONE The Nature of Risk; TWO Theoretical Positions; Part II Living in the Risk Society; THREE Risk and Everyday Experience; FOUR Health and Risk; FIVE Professional Practices and Risk; SIX Communicating Risk Through the Media; SEVEN Risk and Social Welfare; EIGHT Risk Management and Crime; Part III International and Global Risk; NINE Risk and the New Terrorism; TEN The Management and Regulation of Risk; ELEVEN Risk and the Environment; TWELVE Risk and Global Governance.