Risk: A Study Of Its Origins, History And Politics
Author:   Matthias Beck (University College Cork, Ireland) ,  Beth Kewell (-)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
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9789814383202


Pages:   380
Publication Date:   21 March 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Risk: A Study Of Its Origins, History And Politics


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Author:   Matthias Beck (University College Cork, Ireland) ,  Beth Kewell (-)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9789814383202


ISBN 10:   9814383201
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   21 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction; Homo Ludens, Aleatorics and the Birth of Probability; Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Fictions of Risk; 'Pseudo - Sciences' of Risk; Decision Analysis and the Social Control of Technology; International Crises and Precarious Global Systems; Macrosociological Dualities of Risk: Structural Inequality and Risk Society.

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