02844nam 2200685 a 450 991045115740332120191030193358.097807619473960-7619-4739-697866113619381-281-36193-31-84860-058-5(CKB)1000000000408694(EBL)343946(OCoLC)476159105(SSID)ssj0000238585(PQKBManifestationID)11236386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238585(PQKBWorkID)10222338(PQKB)10891879(MiAaPQ)EBC343946(OCoLC)1007858126(StDuBDS)EDZ0000071985(PPN)238400549(Au-PeEL)EBL343946(CaPaEBR)ebr10256899(CaONFJC)MIL136193(EXLCZ)99100000000040869420120412d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk and society[electronic resource] /David DenneyLondon SAGEc20051 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-1632-2 0-7619-4740-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-213) and index.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 GovernanceTHIRTEEN Risk and the New World OrderFOURTEEN The Risk Society: An Assessment; Bibliography; IndexRisk 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 such as food, tobacco smoking sunlight and travel have also become major preoccupations.RiskSociological aspectsRisk assessmentRisk perceptionElectronic books.RiskSociological aspects.Risk assessment.Risk perception.302.12302/.12Denney David853662StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910451157403321Risk and society1906059UNINA