Risk in social science / [edited by] Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor-Gooby, Peter, editor.

Zinn, Jens, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk--Sociological aspects.

Risk.

Risk management--Social aspects.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intended for students and scholars from the social sciences, this is an introduction to work on risk. It discusses the basic issues in risk research, and examines some of the key themes in this field, looking at topics such as the media, crime, the environment, and social inequality.

Contents:

The current significance of risk / Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn

Risk as an interdisciplinary research area / Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby

The challenge of (managing) new risks / Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby

Crime and risk / Hazel Kemshall

Risk, environment, and technology / Nick Pidgeon, Peter Simmons, and Karen Henwood

Everyday life, and leisure time / John Tulloch

Risk and intimate relationships / Jane Lewis and Sophie Sarre

Health and risk / Andy Alaszewski

Life course, youth, and old age / Sarah Vickerstaff

Risk, regulation, and management / Bridget Hutter

Social inequality and risk / anwen Jones, David Abbott, and Deborah Quilgars

The media and risk / Emma Hughes, Jenny Kitzinger, and Graham Murdock

Social and public policy : reflexive individualization and regulatory governance / Peter Taylor-Gooby.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04317-5

1-280-84413-2

9786610844135

0-19-153663-6

1-4294-6950-1

OCLC:

609830347