02521nam 22006013u 450 991096816290332120251116180835.00-203-70878-41-299-47766-61-135-03374-9(CKB)2550000001019969(EBL)1433649(SSID)ssj0000909293(PQKBManifestationID)11490733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000909293(PQKBWorkID)10912881(PQKB)10326781(MiAaPQ)EBC1433649(OCoLC)843112159(FINmELB)ELB132800(EXLCZ)99255000000101996920131007d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk and Acceptability1st ed.Hoboken Taylor and Francis2013London ;New York :Routledge,2003, c1985.1 online resource (119 p.)Mary Douglas : collected works ;v. 11Description based upon print version of record.0-415-29114-3 Includes bibliographical references.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 ChangeHILCCSociology & Social HistorySocial SciencesSocial Change304Douglas Mary1921-2007.81710AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910968162903321Risk and Acceptability4484908UNINA