Anthropology and risk / Åsa Boholm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boholm, Åsa, author.

Series:

Earthscan risk in society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk--Sociological aspects.

Risk.

Risk perception--Sociological aspects.

Risk perception.

Ethnopsychology.

Physical Description:

xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience. It provides an account of how interpretations of risk in society are conditioned by knowledge claims and cultural assumptions, and by the orientation of actors based on roles, norms, expectations, identities, trust and practical rationality within a lived social world. By focusing on agency, social complexity and the production and interpretation of meaning, the book offers a comprehensive and holistic theoretical perspective on risk, based on empirical case studies and ethnographic enquiry. As a selection of Åsa Boholm's publications throughout her career, along with a newly written introduction overviewing the field, this book provides a unified perspective on risk as a construct shaped by social and cultural contexts. This collection should be of interest to students and scholars of risk communication, risk management, environmental planning, environmental management and environmental and applied anthropology. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Comparative studies of risk perception: lessons and challenges 30

3 Risk perception and social anthropology: the contribution from cultural theory 57

4 Situated risk: culture and the management of uncertainty 74

5 Risk as organisational practice: a case of railway planning 91

6 The public meeting as a theatre of dissent: risk and hazard in environmental decision making 111

7 Visual linages and risk messages: commemorating Chernobyl 134

8 Communication on risk: relations, power and rationality 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415745611

0415745616

9780415745635

0415745632

OCLC:

896601495