Risk and Sociocultural Theory
Subtitle: New Directions and Perspectives
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780521645546
Subjects: Anthropology; Sociology - General; Social aspects; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Risk--Sociological aspects; Social Science / Sociology / General; Risk; Risk perception; Sociological aspects
First sentence: Before the era of modernity, risk was a neutral term, concerned merely with probabilities, with losses and gains.