It is over 40 years since we began to reflect upon risk in a more social than technological and economic fashion, firstly making sense of the gap between expert and public assessment of risks, such as to our health and environment. With fixed certainties of the past eroded and the technological leaps of 'big data', ours is truly an age of risk, uncertainty and probability - from Google's algorithms to the daily management of personal lifestyle risks. Academic reflection and research has kept pace with these dizzying developments but remains an intellectually fragmented field, shaped by professional imperatives and disciplinary boundaries, from risk analysis to regulation and social research. This is the first attempt to draw together and define risk studies, through a definitive collection written by the leading scholars in the field. It will be an indispensable resource for the many scholars, students and professionals engaging with risk but lacking a resource to draw it all together.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138022867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221841326
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Family Sociology
Author
Alberto Alemanno, Adam Burgess, Jens Zinn
Publication Name
Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
362 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
816g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Routledge International Handbooks
Editor
Alberto Alemanno, Jens Zinn, Adam Burgess
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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