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Risk and everyday life /

The authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them, for example in relation to immigration, employment and family life. They emphasise the need to take account of the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyd...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tulloch, John
Otros Autores: Lupton, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Researching Risk and Everyday Life
  • Defining Risk
  • Risk and Border Crossings
  • Individualization, Risk Modernity and Biography: The Cse of Work
  • Plural Rationalities: From Blitz to Contemporary Crime
  • Perceptions of Time and Place in a 'Risk Modern' City.