ISBN:
9781848600584
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Denney, David Risk and society
DDC:
302.12
Keywords:
Risk Sociological aspects
;
Risk perception
;
Risk assessment
;
Risk -- Sociological aspects
;
Risk ; Sociological aspects
;
Risk assessment
;
Risk perception
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Risikobewusstsein
;
Risikoverhalten
;
Gesellschaft
;
Risikogesellschaft
Abstract:
This book provides a powerful and lucid account of risk in society today. Denney critically examines the social construction of risk, by considering a range of social theories, addressing the literature and providing an authoritative guide to the key issues raised.
Abstract:
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 -- THIRTEEN Risk and the New World Order -- FOURTEEN The Risk Society: An Assessment -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description / 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
Description / Table of Contents:
THIRTEEN Risk and the New World OrderFOURTEEN The Risk Society: An Assessment; Bibliography; Index
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