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Risk
| 責任表示 | Roy Boyne |
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| シリーズ | Concepts in the social sciences |
| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Buckingham : Open University Press , 2003 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | 132 p. ; 22 cm |
| 概要 | * Is risk always measurable? * Why are some risks more important? * Do we take a lot more risks now? * On whom can we rely for advice? * How critical is the sociology of risk for understanding contemp...rary society? The term 'risk' occurs throughout contemporary social analysis and political commentary. It is now virtually a legal requirement that large organizations throughout the world establish formal risk assessment and risk management procedures. Increasingly dense communication and media networks alert huge numbers of people and organizations to a widening range of threats and possibilities. A basic understanding of the risks themselves may require specific technical knowledge of basic chemistry, or the psychology of motivation, or of contrasting interpretations of injustices deep within the past. However, at the same time as attending to specific risks, there are general questions such as those above which invite reflection. This wide-ranging and concisely written text is devoted to these general questions, exploring issues such as the measurement of risk in its social context, the idea that the mass media or the political opposition always exaggerate risk, and the notion that the advice of the expert is the best we can get as far as risks are concerned. It asks if there are more risks now and whether a certain level of risk is inevitable or even desirable, and considers for example whether interference with nature has led us to a world which is just too full of risks. Each chapter in the book builds towards a basic picture of risk in the contemporary world, and of the place of the concept of risk within the social sciences today. * Is risk always measurable? * Why are some risks more important? * Do we take a lot more risks now? * On whom can we rely for advice? * How critical is the sociology of risk for understanding contemporary society? The term 'risk' occurs throughout contemporary social analysis and political commentary. It is now virtually a legal requirement that large organizations throughout the world establish formal risk assessment and risk management procedures. Increasingly dense communication and media networks alert huge numbers of people and organizations to a widening range of threats and possibilities. A basic understanding of the risks themselves may require specific technical knowledge of basic chemistry, or the psychology of motivation, or of contrasting interpretations of injustices deep within the past. However, at the same time as attending to specific risks, there are general questions such as those above which invite reflection. This wide-ranging and concisely written text is devoted to these general questions, exploring issues such as the measurement of risk in its social context, the idea that the mass media or the political opposition always exaggerate risk, and the notion that the advice of the expert is the best we can get as far as risks are concerned. It asks if there are more risks now and whether a certain level of risk is inevitable or even desirable, and considers for example whether interference with nature has led us to a world which is just too full of risks. Each chapter in the book builds towards a basic picture of risk in the contemporary world, and of the place of the concept of risk within the social sciences today. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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pbk | 中央図 4C_1‐135 [法] | Z 50/B/144 | 2003 |
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015212004002387 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-129) and index |
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| 著者標目 | *Boyne, Roy |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Risk perception LCSH:Risk -- Sociological aspects 全ての件名で検索 |
| 分 類 | DC21:302.12 |
| 書誌ID | 1001061141 |
| ISBN | 0335208304 |
| NCID | BA60840309 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:0335208304 : pbk ; ISBN:0335208290 |
| NBN | BA2U0925 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.17 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.17 |