02297nam 22005293u 450 991045266300332120211020193008.00-203-70878-41-299-47766-61-135-03374-9(CKB)2550000001019969(EBL)1433649(SSID)ssj0000909293(PQKBManifestationID)11490733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000909293(PQKBWorkID)10912881(PQKB)10326781(MiAaPQ)EBC1433649(EXLCZ)99255000000101996920131007d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk and Acceptability[electronic resource]Hoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (119 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-29114-3 Front Cover; RiskAcceptability According to the Social Sciences; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Moral Issues in Risk Acceptability; 2. The Emergence of a New Subdiscipline; 3. Perception of Risk; 4. Choice and Risk; 5. Natural Risks; 6. Credibility; 7. Risk-Seeking and Safety First; 8. Institutional Constraints; 9. Risks Encoded; Bibliography; AcknowledgmentsFirst published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she found to be flawed by individualistic and psychologistic biases, she instead uses the book to argue risk analysis from an anthropological perspective. Douglas raises questions about rational choice, the provision of public good and the autonomy of the individual.Sociology & Social HistoryHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCSocial ChangeHILCCElectronic books.Sociology & Social HistorySocial SciencesSocial ChangeDouglas Mary1921-2007.81710AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910452663003321Risk and Acceptability2189881UNINA