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Anxiety in a risk society / / Iain Wilkinson



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Autore: Wilkinson Iain <1969, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Anxiety in a risk society / / Iain Wilkinson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
Disciplina: 302.12
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Soggetto topico: Risk - Sociological aspects
Anxiety - Sociological aspects
Classificazione: 71.49
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Towards a sociological conception of the problem of anxiety; Social indicators of anxiety; Coping: from personal style to cultural critique; Anxiety in relation to risk; A speculative age; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Few would dispute that we are living at a time of high anxiety and uncertainty in which many of us will experience a crisis of identity at some point or another. At the same time, news media provide us with a daily catalogue of disasters from around the globe to remind us that we inhabit a world of crisis, insecurity and hazard. Anxiety in a Risk Society : looks at the problem of contemporary anxiety from a sociological perspective highlights its significance for the ways we make sense of risk and uncertainty argues that the relationship between anxiety and risk hinges on the natur
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ISBN: 1-134-58859-3
1-134-58860-7
1-280-31785-X
0-203-46546-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996218281303316
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Serie: Health, risk and society.