03281oam 2200649I 450 991017096750332120170815115818.01-134-45041-91-280-18062-51-134-45042-70-203-21677-6978661018062210.4324/9780203216774 (CKB)1000000000248785(EBL)171338(OCoLC)52973280(SSID)ssj0000292541(PQKBManifestationID)11236748(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292541(PQKBWorkID)10269101(PQKB)10133369(MiAaPQ)EBC171338(EXLCZ)99100000000024878520180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructing risk and safety in technological practice /edited by Jane Summerton and Boel BernerLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (213 p.)Routledge advances in sociology ;4Description based upon print version of record.0-203-29386-X 0-415-28571-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SwedenDefining 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?; IndexModern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With contributions from leading scholars from Europe and the USA, it presents original theoretical discussions, linked to detailed empirical case studies.Routledge advances in sociology ;4.Industrial safetyRisk managementElectronic books.Industrial safety.Risk management.302.12302/.12Summerton Jane926919Berner Boel909208MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170967503321Constructing risk and safety in technological practice2082281UNINA