ISBN:
0203216776
,
0415285712
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (ix, 200 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Routledge advances in sociology 4
Serie:
Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser. v.4
Paralleltitel:
Print version Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice
DDC:
302/.12
Schlagwort(e):
Risk management
;
Industrial safety
;
Industrial safety..
;
Risk management
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Constructing risk and safety in technological practice: an Introduction; PART I Interpreting accidents; 1 The ultimate challenge for risk technologies: controlling the accidental; 2 Narratives of trust in constructing risk and danger: interpretations of the Swissair 111 crash; 3 Resituating your data: understanding the human contribution to accidents; PART II Defining risks; 4 "Talking diesel": negotiating and contesting environmental risks of automobility in Sweden
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5 Defining risk and safety in a high security organization: "bunkering" at the Los Alamos Plutonium Handling FacilityPART III Constructing safety; 6 Safety as a social construct: the problem(atique) of agency; 7 Creating trust and achieving safety in air traffic control; 8 The social construction of safety in the face of fear and distrust: the case of cardiac intensive care; 9 Constructing workplace safety through control and learning: conflict or compatibility?; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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