Risk acceptability according to the social sciences
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Risk acceptability according to the social sciences
(Collected works / Mary Douglas, v. 11)
Routledge, 2010
- : pbk
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  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
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  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Note
Reprint. Originally published by Russell Sage Foundation, 1985
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-114)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she found to be flawed by individualistic and psychologistic biases, she instead uses the book to argue risk analysis from an anthropological perspective. Douglas raises questions about rational choice, the provision of public good and the autonomy of the individual.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Moral Issues in Risk Acceptability
- Chapter 2 The Emergence of a New Subdiscipline
- Chapter 3 Perception of Risk
- Chapter 4 Choice and Risk
- Chapter 5 Natural Risks
- Chapter 6 Credibility
- Chapter 7 Risk-Seeking and Safety First
- Chapter 8 Institutional Constraints
- Chapter 9 Risks Encoded
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