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UNINA9910170967503321 |
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Titolo |
Constructing risk and safety in technological practice / / edited by Jane Summerton and Boel Berner |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-45041-9 |
1-280-18062-5 |
1-134-45042-7 |
0-203-21677-6 |
9786610180622 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Industrial safety |
Risk management |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Constructing risk and safety in technological practice: an introduction; Interpreting accidents; The ultimate challenge for risk technologies: controlling the accidental; Narratives of trust in constructing risk and danger: interpretations of the Swissair 111 crash; Resituating your data: understanding the human contribution to accidents; Defining risks; ~Talking diesel~: negotiating and contesting environmental risks of automobility in Sweden |
Defining risk and safety in a high security organization: ~bunkering~ at the Los Alamos Plutonium Handling FacilityConstructing safety; Safety as a social construct: the problem(atique) of agency; Creating trust and achieving safety in air traffic control; The social construction of safety in the face of fear and distrust: the case of cardiac intensive care; Constructing workplace safety through control and learning: conflict or compatibility?; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and |
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