02631nam 2200625 a 450 991045476460332120200520144314.00-7619-4758-21-282-26265-397866122626541-84920-656-2(CKB)1000000000790183(EBL)456738(OCoLC)609845006(SSID)ssj0000308510(PQKBManifestationID)11239991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308510(PQKBWorkID)10260204(PQKB)10850707(MiAaPQ)EBC456738(OCoLC)729013469(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067579(PPN)238400387(Au-PeEL)EBL456738(CaPaEBR)ebr10326845(CaONFJC)MIL226265(OCoLC)669520120(EXLCZ)99100000000079018320120405d2003 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk and everyday life[electronic resource] /John Tulloch and Deborah LuptonLondon SAGEc20031 online resource (147 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-1639-X 0-7619-4759-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-136) and index.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; IndexThe 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.Risk-taking (Psychology)Electronic books.Risk-taking (Psychology)155.9Tulloch John615398Lupton Deborah141847StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910454764603321Risk and everyday life2491047UNINA