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Ulrich Beck : a critical introduction to the risk society / Gabe Mythen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mythen, Gabe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015. Risikogesellschaft.
- Beck, Ulrich.
- Risk--Sociological aspects.
- Risk.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Progress.
- Social structure.
- Industries--Environmental aspects.
- Industries.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 216 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Critical introduction to the risk society
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- 1 Introducing the Risk Society
- 2 Risk and the Environment
- 3 Defining Risk
- 4 Mediating Risk
- 5 Perceiving Risk
- 6 Living with Risk
- 7 Risk, Trust and Reflexivity
- 8 The Politics of Risk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745318142
- 0745318150
- OCLC:
- 55670194
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