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Beyond the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : critical reflections on risk and human security / / [edited by] Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate
Beyond the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : critical reflections on risk and human security / / [edited by] Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate
Pubbl/distr/stampa Maidenhead, England, : Open University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (271 p.)
Disciplina 302.12
Altri autori (Persone) MythenGabe
WalklateSandra
Soggetto topico Risk - Sociological aspects
Risk perception
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-12959-3
9786611129590
0-335-23008-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front cover; Half title; Title; Copy right; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction Thinking beyond the risk society; PART I Setting the risk agenda; Chapter 1 Sociology and risk; Chapter 2 Psychology and risk; Chapter 3 Criminology and risk; Chapter 4 Social policy and risk; PART II Embracing the risk agenda; Chapter 5 Health and risk; Chapter 6 Sexuality and risk; Chapter 7 Media and risk; Chapter 8 Environment and risk; PART III Putting risk in its place; Chapter 9 Politics and risk; Chapter 10 Work and risk; Chapter 11 Economics and risk
Chapter 12 Culture and riskChapter 13 Conclusion Towards a holistic approach to risk and human security; Index; Back cover
Record Nr. UNINA-9910451080703321
Maidenhead, England, : Open University Press, 2006
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Cities at risk : living with perils in the 21st century / / Helene Joffe, Tiziana Rossetto, John Adams, editors
Cities at risk : living with perils in the 21st century / / Helene Joffe, Tiziana Rossetto, John Adams, editors
Edizione [1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Dordrecht : , : Springer, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map
Disciplina 302.12
Collana Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
Soggetto topico Risk perception
Natural disasters - Risk assessment
Emergency management
Environmental risk assessment
Natural disasters - Social aspects
ISBN 94-007-6184-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface -- Introduction - Living with Perils in the 21st Century -- Risk Society and Representations of Risks: Earthquakes and Beyond -- Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk -- Responding to Flood Risk in the UK -- A Historical Overview of Social Representation of Earthquake Risk in Japan: Fatalism, Social Reform, Scientific Control and Collaborative Risk Management -- Facilitating Community Participation in Disaster Risk Management: Risk Perception and Preparedness Behaviours in Turkey -- North American Cities at Risk: Household Responses to Environmental Hazards -- Community Understanding of, and Preparedness for, Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Wellington, New Zealand -- Perceptions of Climate Variability and Coping Strategies in Informal Settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Risk Perception, Public Education and Disaster Risk Management -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910437938203321
Dordrecht : , : Springer, , [2013]
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La construcción social y política del medio ambiente / Jose Luis Lezama
La construcción social y política del medio ambiente / Jose Luis Lezama
Autore Lezama Jose Luis
Edizione [1 ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Mexico, D.F. : , : El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios Demográphicos y de Desarrollo Urbano, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina 302.12
Soggetto topico Risk perception
Pollution - Social aspects - Mexico
Environmental protection - Political aspects - Mexico
Environmental responsibility - Mexico
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 607-628-716-0
968-12-1153-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione spa
Record Nr. UNINA-9910286434403321
Lezama Jose Luis  
Mexico, D.F. : , : El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios Demográphicos y de Desarrollo Urbano, , 2004
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Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt
Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
Descrizione fisica ix, 197 p
Disciplina 364.6/01
Altri autori (Persone) BrownMark <1965->
PrattJohn
Soggetto topico Recidivists
Violent offenders
Violent crimes - Social aspects
Danger perception
Risk perception
Criminal law - Social aspects
Punishment - Social aspects
Criminal behavior, Prediction of
ISBN 1-134-63703-9
0-203-19059-9
1-134-63704-7
1-280-32863-0
0-203-13574-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto chapter Introduction / MARK BROWN -- part PART I Dangerousness: a sociological history -- chapter 1 Risk societies and the government of crime / PAT O MALLEY -- chapter 2 Dangerousness and modern society / JOHN PRATT -- part Part II Legal responses and responsibilities -- chapter 3 Guerrillas in our midst? Judicial responses to governing the dangerous -- ARIE FREIBERG / Judicial responses to governing the dangerous Arie Freiberg -- chapter 4 Civil commitment as social control: managing the risk of sexual violence -- ERIC JANUS / Managing the risk of sexual violence Eric Janus -- part PART III Practical risks: danger in the penal context -- chapter 5 Calculations of risk in contemporary penal practice / MARK BROWN -- chapter 6 Criminal careers, sex offending and dangerousness / RODERIC BROADHURST -- chapter 7 Risk and blame in criminal justice controversies: British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6) -- RICHARD SPARKS / British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6) Richard Sparks -- part PART IV Violence, danger and modern government: the future -- chapter 8 Naturalising danger: women, fear and personal safety -- ELIZABETH STANKO / Women, fear and personal safety Elizabeth Stanko -- chapter 9 Drugs and dangerousness: perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era -- ADAM SUTTON / Perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era Adam Sutton -- chapter 10 Dangerous states / NILS CHRISTIE.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910170994003321
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
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Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt
Dangerous offenders : punishment and social order / / edited by Mark Brown and John Pratt
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
Descrizione fisica ix, 197 p
Disciplina 364.6/01
Altri autori (Persone) BrownMark <1965->
PrattJohn
Soggetto topico Recidivists
Violent offenders
Violent crimes - Social aspects
Danger perception
Risk perception
Criminal law - Social aspects
Punishment - Social aspects
Criminal behavior, Prediction of
ISBN 1-134-63703-9
0-203-19059-9
1-134-63704-7
1-280-32863-0
0-203-13574-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto chapter Introduction / MARK BROWN -- part PART I Dangerousness: a sociological history -- chapter 1 Risk societies and the government of crime / PAT O MALLEY -- chapter 2 Dangerousness and modern society / JOHN PRATT -- part Part II Legal responses and responsibilities -- chapter 3 Guerrillas in our midst? Judicial responses to governing the dangerous -- ARIE FREIBERG / Judicial responses to governing the dangerous Arie Freiberg -- chapter 4 Civil commitment as social control: managing the risk of sexual violence -- ERIC JANUS / Managing the risk of sexual violence Eric Janus -- part PART III Practical risks: danger in the penal context -- chapter 5 Calculations of risk in contemporary penal practice / MARK BROWN -- chapter 6 Criminal careers, sex offending and dangerousness / RODERIC BROADHURST -- chapter 7 Risk and blame in criminal justice controversies: British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6) -- RICHARD SPARKS / British press coverage and official discourse on prison security (1993-6) Richard Sparks -- part PART IV Violence, danger and modern government: the future -- chapter 8 Naturalising danger: women, fear and personal safety -- ELIZABETH STANKO / Women, fear and personal safety Elizabeth Stanko -- chapter 9 Drugs and dangerousness: perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era -- ADAM SUTTON / Perception and management of risk in the neo-liberal era Adam Sutton -- chapter 10 Dangerous states / NILS CHRISTIE.
Record Nr. UNISA-996217319703316
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000
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Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Edizione [1st ed. 2012.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina 370
Altri autori (Persone) BialostokSteven <1954->
WhitmanRobert L
BradleyWilliam S
Collana Context of Education
Contexts of education
Soggetto topico Risk perception
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social sciences - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 94-6091-960-X
94-6091-961-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material / Steven Bialostok , Robert L. Whitman and William S. Bradley -- Education and the Risk Society: An Introduction / Steven Bialostok and Robert Whitman -- Children, the Great Recession and Shifting Calculi of Risk / Majia Holmer Nadesan -- Efficiency, Standardization and Mitigating Risk: The Strange Career of Scientific Management in American Education, 1890–2010 / Peter William Moran -- “Have a Go At It”: Embracing Risks and Teaching in Late Modern Capitalism / Steven Bialostok -- Risky Words / Robert Whitman -- Young Children at Risk in a Risk Society / Michelle Buchanan -- On the (Im)possibility of Taking Care: Israeli Early Education Teachers Have Their Say / Deborah Golden -- Regulating Risk: Health Canada’s Approach to a Preschool Program for Aboriginal Children / Susanne Miskimmin -- Mouthy Citizens: Language and Risk in the Netherlands / Marnie Bjornson -- Birds of a Feather? Peers, Delinquency, and Risk / Deborah Freedman Lustig and Kenzo Sung -- Managing Risk and ‘giving back’: Aspiration among Working-class Latino Youth in Silicon Valley / Elsa Davidson -- New Learning, New Youth? Policy, Literacy, and the Subjects of Reform in Risk Society / Marta Albert -- Risk, Media and Japanese Young People / William Bradley -- The New Risktakers / Shirley Brice Heath.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452657403321
Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
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Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Edizione [1st ed. 2012.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina 370
Altri autori (Persone) BialostokSteven <1954->
WhitmanRobert L
BradleyWilliam S
Collana Context of Education
Contexts of education
Soggetto topico Risk perception
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social sciences - Philosophy
ISBN 94-6091-960-X
94-6091-961-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material / Steven Bialostok , Robert L. Whitman and William S. Bradley -- Education and the Risk Society: An Introduction / Steven Bialostok and Robert Whitman -- Children, the Great Recession and Shifting Calculi of Risk / Majia Holmer Nadesan -- Efficiency, Standardization and Mitigating Risk: The Strange Career of Scientific Management in American Education, 1890–2010 / Peter William Moran -- “Have a Go At It”: Embracing Risks and Teaching in Late Modern Capitalism / Steven Bialostok -- Risky Words / Robert Whitman -- Young Children at Risk in a Risk Society / Michelle Buchanan -- On the (Im)possibility of Taking Care: Israeli Early Education Teachers Have Their Say / Deborah Golden -- Regulating Risk: Health Canada’s Approach to a Preschool Program for Aboriginal Children / Susanne Miskimmin -- Mouthy Citizens: Language and Risk in the Netherlands / Marnie Bjornson -- Birds of a Feather? Peers, Delinquency, and Risk / Deborah Freedman Lustig and Kenzo Sung -- Managing Risk and ‘giving back’: Aspiration among Working-class Latino Youth in Silicon Valley / Elsa Davidson -- New Learning, New Youth? Policy, Literacy, and the Subjects of Reform in Risk Society / Marta Albert -- Risk, Media and Japanese Young People / William Bradley -- The New Risktakers / Shirley Brice Heath.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779898403321
Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
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Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Education and the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : theories, discourse and risk identities in education contexts / / edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert L. Whitman, William S. Bradley
Edizione [1st ed. 2012.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina 370
Altri autori (Persone) BialostokSteven <1954->
WhitmanRobert L
BradleyWilliam S
Collana Context of Education
Contexts of education
Soggetto topico Risk perception
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social sciences - Philosophy
ISBN 94-6091-960-X
94-6091-961-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary Material / Steven Bialostok , Robert L. Whitman and William S. Bradley -- Education and the Risk Society: An Introduction / Steven Bialostok and Robert Whitman -- Children, the Great Recession and Shifting Calculi of Risk / Majia Holmer Nadesan -- Efficiency, Standardization and Mitigating Risk: The Strange Career of Scientific Management in American Education, 1890–2010 / Peter William Moran -- “Have a Go At It”: Embracing Risks and Teaching in Late Modern Capitalism / Steven Bialostok -- Risky Words / Robert Whitman -- Young Children at Risk in a Risk Society / Michelle Buchanan -- On the (Im)possibility of Taking Care: Israeli Early Education Teachers Have Their Say / Deborah Golden -- Regulating Risk: Health Canada’s Approach to a Preschool Program for Aboriginal Children / Susanne Miskimmin -- Mouthy Citizens: Language and Risk in the Netherlands / Marnie Bjornson -- Birds of a Feather? Peers, Delinquency, and Risk / Deborah Freedman Lustig and Kenzo Sung -- Managing Risk and ‘giving back’: Aspiration among Working-class Latino Youth in Silicon Valley / Elsa Davidson -- New Learning, New Youth? Policy, Literacy, and the Subjects of Reform in Risk Society / Marta Albert -- Risk, Media and Japanese Young People / William Bradley -- The New Risktakers / Shirley Brice Heath.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815086903321
Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012
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Justice in the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : challenging and re-affirming justice in late modernity / / Barbara Hudson
Justice in the risk society [[electronic resource] ] : challenging and re-affirming justice in late modernity / / Barbara Hudson
Autore Hudson Barbara <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : SAGE, c2003
Descrizione fisica 1 volume (278 pages);
Disciplina 364.6
Soggetto topico Criminal justice, Administration of
Justice
Risk perception
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 9786610369751
1-280-36975-2
0-7619-6159-3
1-4462-2987-4
1-4129-3246-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Challenging Liberal Justice; Chapter 1 - Justice in the Liberal Tradition; Chapter 2 - Risk and the Politics of Asfety: Justice Endangered; Chapter 3 - The Communication Challenge; Chapter 4 - Identity and Difference: Feminist and Postmodernist Critiques of Liberalism; Part II: Reaffirming Justice; Chapter 5 - Reaffirming Modernity: Habermas and Discourse Ethics; Chapter 6 - Giving Difference its Due: Discourse and Alterity; Chapter 7 - Doing Justice in the Risk Society; References; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910461905903321
Hudson Barbara <1945->  
London, : SAGE, c2003
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Misconceptions of risk [[electronic resource] /] / Terje Aven
Misconceptions of risk [[electronic resource] /] / Terje Aven
Autore Aven T (Terje)
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, : Wiley, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina 658.155
Collana Statistics in practice
Soggetto topico Risk - Sociological aspects
Risk - Statistical methods
Risk perception
ISBN 1-119-96428-8
1-282-45661-X
9786612456619
0-470-68653-7
0-470-68656-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Misconceptions of Risk; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Risk is equal to the expected value; 2 Risk is a probability or probability distribution; 3 Risk equals a probability distribution quantile (value-at-risk); 4 Risk equals uncertainty; 5 Risk is equal to an event; 6 Risk equals expected disutility; 7 Risk is restricted to the case of objective probabilities; 8 Risk is the same as risk perception; 9 Risk relates to negative consequences only; 10 Risk is determined by the historical data; 11 Risk assessments produce an objective risk picture
12 There are large inherent uncertainties in risk analyses13 Model uncertainty should be quantified; 14 It is meaningful and useful to distinguish between stochastic and epistemic uncertainties; 15 Bayesian analysis is based on the use of probability models and bayesian updating; 16 Sensitivity analysis is a type of uncertainty analysis; 17 The main objective of risk management is risk reduction; 18 Decision-making under uncertainty should be based on science (analysis); 19 The precautionary principle and risk management cannot be meaningfully integrated; 20 Conclusions; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910139488503321
Aven T (Terje)  
Chichester, : Wiley, c2010
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