Social theories of risk and uncertainty
Subtitle: an introduction
By: edited by Jens O. Zinn.
Contributors: Zinn, Jens.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781405153355; 9781405153362
Subjects: Risk -- Sociological aspects.; Risk perception.; Risk -- Social aspects.; Uncertainty -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the contribution of sociology to the discourse on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn; title: Risk society and reflexive modernization / Jens O. Zinn; title: Governmentality and risk / Pat O'Malley; title: Systems theory and risk / Klaus-Peter Japp and Isabel Kusche; title: Edgework, risk, and uncertainty / Stephen Lyng; title: Culture and risk / John Tulloch; title: A comparison of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn.