Peter Taylor-Gooby / Jens O. Zinn (eds.)

Risk in Social Science

Herausgeber: Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Zinn, Jens O.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is designed as an introduction to recent social science work on risk and is intended primarily for students in sociology, social psychology, and psychology, although it will also be useful for those studying political science, government, public policy, and economics. It is written by leading experts actively involved in research in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780199285969
• ISBN-10: 0199285969
• Artikelnr.: 22159449

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Peter Taylor-Gooby and Jens O. Zinn: The Current Significance of
Riske
* 2: Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby: Risk as an Interdisciplinary
Research Area
* 3: Jens O. Zinn and Peter Taylor-Gooby: The Challenge of (Managing)
New Risks
* 4: Hazel Kemshall: Crime and Risk
* 5: Nick Pidgeon, Peter Simmons, and Karen Henwood: Risk, Environment,
and Technology
* 6: John Tulloch: Everyday Life and Leisure Time
* 7: Jane Lewis and Sophie Sarre: Risk and Intimate Relationships
* 8: Andy Alaszewski: Health and Risk
* 9: Sarah Vickerstaff: Life Course, Youth, and Old Age
* 10: Bridget Hutter: Risk, Regulation, and Management
* 11: Anwen Jones, David Abbott, and Deborah Quilgars: Social
Inequality and Risk
* 12: Emma Hughes, Jenny Kitzinger and Graham Murdock: The Media and
Risk
* 13: Peter Taylor-Gooby: Social and Public Policy