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UNINA9910813769203321 |
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Autore |
Denney David |
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Titolo |
Risk and society / / David Denney |
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London, : SAGE, c2005 |
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London ; ; Thousand Oaks, CA : , : SAGE Publications, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9781848600584 |
9781446216323 |
9780761947396 |
0-7619-4739-6 |
9786611361938 |
1-281-36193-3 |
1-84860-058-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 220 p.) : 1 ill |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Risk - Sociological aspects |
Risk assessment |
Risk perception |
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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 (p. [194]-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Tables and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Understanding Risk; ONE The Nature of Risk; TWO Theoretical Positions; Part II Living in the Risk Society; THREE Risk and Everyday Experience; FOUR Health and Risk; FIVE Professional Practices and Risk; SIX Communicating Risk Through the Media; SEVEN Risk and Social Welfare; EIGHT Risk Management and Crime; Part III International and Global Risk; NINE Risk and the New Terrorism; TEN The Management and Regulation of Risk; ELEVEN Risk and the Environment; TWELVE Risk and Global Governance |
THIRTEEN Risk and the New World OrderFOURTEEN The Risk Society: An Assessment; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Risk has come to dominate individual and collective consciousness in the 21st century. Although global insecurity is related to terrorism, pollution, global epidemics and famine risks involved in ordinary life |
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