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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828385803321

Autore

Tulloch John

Titolo

Risk and everyday life / / John Tulloch and Deborah Lupton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, : Sage Publications, 2003

ISBN

0-7619-4758-2

1-282-26265-3

9786612262654

1-84920-656-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ([vi], 140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LuptonDeborah

Disciplina

155.9

Soggetti

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.