Risk

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This work aims to bring the multifarious field of risk studies sharply into focus in a readable way for a wide readership throughout the social sciences and beyond.

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Title Statements

Full title :Risk / John Adams.

Summary

This work aims to bring the multifarious field of risk studies sharply into focus in a readable way for a wide readership throughout the social sciences and beyond.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1995 (1998 printing)

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):UCL Press
Place of Publication:London [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1995 (1998 printing)

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 228 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1857280679, 9781857280678, 1857280687, 9781857280685, 0203498968, 9780203498965
oclc:ocm31969997
LC Classification:HM256
Dewey Decimal:302/.12

1. Risk: An Introduction -- 2. Risk and the Royal Society -- 3. Patterns in Uncertainty -- 4. Error, Chance and Culture -- 5. Measuring Risk -- 6. Monetizing Risk -- 7. Road Safety 1: Seat Belts -- 8. Road Safety 2: More Filtering -- 9. A Large Risk: The Greenhouse Effect -- 10. The Risk Society -- 11. Can We Manage Risk Better?

Subjects

Analyse des risques Aspects sociaux Gestion du risque Gestion du risque -- Aspect social Organisation de coopération et de dével… Prise de risque Risico's Risikomanagement Risikoverhalten Risk -- Sociological aspects Risk -- sociology Risk management Risk management -- Social aspects Risks Risque -- Aspect sociologique Risque -- Sociologie Sociologie du risque