Risk and Culture
An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 224
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780520050631
- Utgivelsesår: 1983
- Bidragsyter: Douglas, Mary; Wildavsky, Aaron
349,-
How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.