
Risk in Social Science
Peter Taylor-Gooby(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. June 2006
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-19-928595-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is designed as an introduction to recent social science work on risk and is intended primarily for students in sociology, social psychology, and psychology, although it will also be useful for those studying political science, government, public policy, and economics. It is written by leading experts actively involved in research in the field. The book discusses the basic issues in risk research, paying attention to the contributions from different academic disciplines and reviewing debates in the recent literature. It then moves on to examine work on risk across the main areas of activity, discussing recent research and identifying the themes that are currently subject to debate. The areas covered in substantive chapters are: crime; the environment; everyday life and leisure time; family and partnership; health and illness; life course, youth and old age; risk regulation and management; social inequality (covering gender, ethnicity, disability, and social class); media; social and public policy; as well as theoretical foundations and current issues in research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928595-2 (9780199285952)
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Content
1. The Emergence of Risk in Social Science; 2. Risk as an Interdisciplinary Research Area; 3. The Challenge of (Managing) New Risks; 4. Crime and Risk; 5. Risk, Environment, and Technology; 6. Risk, Everyday Life, and Leisure Time; 7. Risk and Intimate Relationships; 8. Health and Risk; 9. Risk, the Life Course, Youth, and Old Age; 10. Risk, Regulation, and Mangement; 11. Social Inequality and Risk; 12. The Media and Risk; 13. Social and Public Policy