Risk and everyday life [[electronic resource] /] / John Tulloch and Deborah Lupton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778303103321
• Autore: Tulloch John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : SAGE, c2003
• ISBN: 0-7619-4758-2; 1-282-26265-3; 9786612262654; 1-84920-656-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource ([vi], 140 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LuptonDeborah
• Disciplina: 302.12
• Soggetti: Risk perception; Risk - Sociological aspects; Risk-taking (Psychology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-136) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction: Researching Risk and Everyday Life; 2 - Defining Risk; 3 - Risk and Border Crossings; 4 - Individualization, Risk Modernity and Biography: The Case of Work; 5 - Plural Rationalities: From Blitz to Contemporary Crime; 6 - Perceptions of Time and Place in a 'Risk Modern' City; Final Thoughts; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 everyday life and consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions and experience of risk.