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Ulrich Beck's best selling Risk Society established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a referenc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adam, Barbara, 1945-, Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015, Loon, Joost van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000.
Temas:
Risk perception.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Risk-Taking
Perception du risque.
Risque, Prise de (Psychologie)
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Prise de risque.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Risk perception
Social sciences > Philosophy
Risico's.
Technische vernieuwing.
Risico nemen.
Sociologische aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Repositioning Risk; the Challenge for Social Theory; PART I
  • RECASTING RISK CULTURE; 1
  • Risk Society or Angst Society?Two Views of Risk, Consciousness and Community; 2
  • Risk Culture; 3
  • Risk, Trust and Scepticism in the Age of the New Genetics; PART II
  • CHALLENGING BIG SCIENCE; 4
  • Nuclear Risks: Three Problematics; 5
  • Genotechnology: Three Challenges to Risk Legitimation; 6
  • Health and Responsibility: From SocialChange to Technological Change and Vice Versa; PART III
  • MEDIATING TECHNOLOGIES OF RISK.

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