Risk and society / David Denney.

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Denney, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781848600584
1848600585
9781446216323
1446216322
9786611361938
6611361936
1281361933
9781281361936
9780761947396

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Risk and society.DDC classification:

302/.12 22

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HM1101 .D45 2005eb

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70.10

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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.

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Summary: 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 providing a guide to the key issues raised.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-213) and index.

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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 providing a guide to the key issues raised.

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