Risk in social science / / [edited by] Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn
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| Titolo: |
Risk in social science / / [edited by] Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302/.12 |
| Soggetto topico: | Risk - Sociological aspects |
| Risk management - Social aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
Taylor-GoobyPeter
ZinnJens
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| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2006. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The current significance of risk / Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn -- Risk as an interdisciplinary research area / Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby -- The challenge of (managing) new risks / Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby -- Crime and risk / Hazel Kemshall -- Risk, environment, and technology / Nick Pidgeon, Peter Simmons, and Karen Henwood -- Everyday life, and leisure time / John Tulloch -- Risk and intimate relationships / Jane Lewis and Sophie Sarre -- Health and risk / Andy Alaszewski -- Life course, youth, and old age / Sarah Vickerstaff -- Risk, regulation, and management / Bridget Hutter -- Social inequality and risk / anwen Jones, David Abbott, and Deborah Quilgars -- The media and risk / Emma Hughes, Jenny Kitzinger, and Graham Murdock -- Social and public policy : reflexive individualization and regulatory governance / Peter Taylor-Gooby. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Intended for students and scholars from the social sciences, this is an introduction to work on risk. It discusses the basic issues in risk research, and examines some of the key themes in this field, looking at topics such as the media, crime, the environment, and social inequality. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Risk in social science |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04317-5 |
| 1-280-84413-2 | |
| 9786610844135 | |
| 0-19-153663-6 | |
| 1-4294-6950-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819284603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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