Social theories of risk and uncertainty [electronic resource] : an introduction / edited by Jens O. Zinn.

Contributor(s): Zinn, Jens | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008Description: x, 252 pSubject(s): Risk -- Sociological aspects | Risk perception | Risk -- Social aspects | Uncertainty -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 302/.12 LOC classification: HM1101 | .S64 2008Other classification: 71.02 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : the contribution of sociology to the discourse on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn -- Risk society and reflexive modernization / Jens O. Zinn -- Governmentality and risk / Pat O'Malley -- Systems theory and risk / Klaus-Peter Japp and Isabel Kusche -- Edgework, risk, and uncertainty / Stephen Lyng -- Culture and risk / John Tulloch -- A comparison of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.

Introduction : the contribution of sociology to the discourse on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn -- Risk society and reflexive modernization / Jens O. Zinn -- Governmentality and risk / Pat O'Malley -- Systems theory and risk / Klaus-Peter Japp and Isabel Kusche -- Edgework, risk, and uncertainty / Stephen Lyng -- Culture and risk / John Tulloch -- A comparison of sociological theorizing on risk and uncertainty / Jens O. Zinn.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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