Risk, Environment and Society
Subtitle: Ongoing Debates, Current Issues and Future Prospects (Issues in Society)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780335207848
Subjects: Political science & theory; Social impact of environmental issues; Social theory; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - General; Risk; Risk perception; Risk-taking (Psychology); Sociological aspects
First sentence: In accordance with the theoretical and methodological approach adopted in this book, I begin with a descriptive analysis of a series of international debates and controversies - collectively 'the risk discourse' - that started in the 1950s and 1960s.
Description: "This book offers an overview and analysis of nuclear, global environmental and biotechnological dangers, threats and hazards in the context of public debates about risk from the 1950s to the present. It considers what impact these risks and debates are having on society, transforming underlying cultural assumptions (for example about nature) as well as public communication, social institutions, and even the way society is organized. Piet Strydom reconstructs public debates and social scientific theories to provide a fresh approach to the risk society. From this comes a new theoretical perspective for studying the emerging social conditions of the twenty-first century. The result is a penetrating and essential text for students and researchers across a range of areas including sociology, environmental studies, politics, and cultural and communications studies."--Jacket.