Risk, Vulnerability and Everyday Life
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-37080-6
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st April 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 196
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About the Book
It is now sociological common sense to declare that, in everyday life, large numbers of people approach matters of work, family life, trust and friendship with 'risk' constantly in mind - this book, the first multidisciplinary approach to risk, provides an introductory overview of this phenomenon.
Iain Wilkinson outlines contrasting sociological theories of risk, and summarizes some of the principle discoveries of empirical research conducted into the ways people perceive, experience and respond to a world of danger. It also examines some of the moral concerns and political interests that feature in this area of study.
Designed to equip readers not only with the sociological means to debate the human consequences of our contemporary culture of risk, but also, with the critical resources to evaluate the significance this holds for current sociology, this book provides a perfectly pitched undergraduate introduction to the topic.
Table of Contents
1. Risk, Society and Sociology 2. The Semantics of Risk 3. Risk and Social Theory 4. Risk in Social Context 5. The Danger of Risk 6. Towards the FutureAbout the Author(s)
Iain Wilkinson is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include Anxiety in a Risk Society (2001, Routledge) and Suffering: A Sociological Introduction (2004, Polity). He is programme convenor for the University of Kent MA in Risk and Society. He is also the founder and convenor of the British Sociological Association Study Group on Risk and Society.
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