Risk and everyday life
The authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them, for example in relation to immigration, employment and family life. They emphasise the need to take account of the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyd...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks :
Sage Publications
2003.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798361306719 |
| Sumario: | The authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them, for example in relation to immigration, employment and family life. They emphasise the need to take account of the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyday life and consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions and experience of risk. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([vi], 140 p.) |
| Público: | Specialized. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-136) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761947585 9781282262652 9786612262654 9781849206563 |
