03051nam 2200745 a 450 991081376920332120240418013731.09781848600584(electronic bk.)9781446216323(ebook)97807619473960-7619-4739-697866113619381-281-36193-31-84860-058-5(CKB)1000000000408694(EBL)343946(OCoLC)476159105(SSID)ssj0000238585(PQKBManifestationID)11236386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238585(PQKBWorkID)10222338(PQKB)10891879(MiAaPQ)EBC343946(OCoLC)1007858126(StDuBDS)EDZ0000071985(Au-PeEL)EBL343946(CaPaEBR)ebr10256899(CaONFJC)MIL136193(OCoLC)1144260059(FINmELB)ELB137160(PPN)238400549(EXLCZ)99100000000040869420120412d2005 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRisk and society /David Denney1st ed.London SAGEc2005London ;Thousand Oaks, CA :SAGE Publications,2005.1 online resource (vi, 220 p.) 1 illDescription 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 perceptionRiskSociological aspects.Risk assessment.Risk perception.302.1270.10bclDenney David853662StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910813769203321Risk and society3985975UNINA