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Autore |
Wilkinson Iain <1969, > |
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Titolo |
Anxiety in a risk society / / Iain Wilkinson |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 |
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1-134-58859-3 |
1-134-58860-7 |
1-280-31785-X |
0-203-46546-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Risk - Sociological aspects |
Anxiety - Sociological aspects |
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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; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Towards a sociological conception of the problem of anxiety; Social indicators of anxiety; Coping: from personal style to cultural critique; Anxiety in relation to risk; A speculative age; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Few would dispute that we are living at a time of high anxiety and uncertainty in which many of us will experience a crisis of identity at some point or another. At the same time, news media provide us with a daily catalogue of disasters from around the globe to remind us that we inhabit a world of crisis, insecurity and hazard. Anxiety in a Risk Society : looks at the problem of contemporary anxiety from a sociological perspective highlights its significance for the ways we make sense of risk and uncertainty argues that the relationship between anxiety and risk hinges on the natur |
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