Gebundenes Buch

Theories of Uncertainty and Risk across Different Modernities

Beschreibung

This collection discusses common ways of thinking about risk and uncertainty through examining how uncertainty is handled in different settings around the world. The book challenges assumptions which associate risk with post-traditional, secular and liberal characteristics. It was originally published as a special issue of Health, Risk & Society.

Autor

Patrick Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is Deputy Editor of Health, Risk & Society and has published widely on topics of trust, hope, risk and related ways in which organisations, groups and individuals handle uncertainty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781138080584
• ISBN-10: 1138080586
• Artikelnr.: 57058097