Risk : negotiating safety in American society /

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"Risk" is a capacious term used to describe the uncertainties that arise from physical, financial, political, and social activities. Practically everything we do carries some level of risk - threats to our bodies, property, and animals. How do we determine when the risk is too high? In con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mohun, Arwen, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Temas:
Public safety > United States.
Risk assessment > United States > Public opinion.
Emergency management > United States.
Accidents > Social aspects > United States.
Sécurité publique > États-Unis.
Accidents > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Accidents > Social aspects
Emergency management
Public safety
Risk assessment
Risikoanalyse
Notfall
Management
Gefahrenabwehr
United States
USA
UNITED STATES.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fire is everybody's business
  • The uncertainties of disease
  • Doing something about the weather
  • Animal risk for a modern age
  • Railroads, or why risk in a system is different
  • The professionalization of safety
  • The safety first movement
  • Negotiating animal risk
  • What's a gun good for?
  • Risk as entertainment : amusement parks
  • Consumer product safety.

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