Understanding Risk-Taking
Published on 16. October 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 370 pages
978-3-030-28652-1 (ISBN)
Description
- Advances understanding of the forces which influence and drive risk-taking and how risk-taking is embedded in broader social contexts- Positions a sociological approach in the context of interdisciplinary risk studies and reviews insights of a large number of qualitative studies- Complements sociological approaches to risk which often remain on the societal macro level with an interpretivist perspective.
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Series
Edition
2020 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 12 farbige Abbildungen
XIII, 370 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-28652-1 (9783030286521)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-28650-7
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Jens O. Zinn is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Content
1. Introduction.- 2. The Meaning of Risk.- 3. Different Disciplines.- 4. The Notion of Risk-Taking.- 5. Key Characteristics of Risk-Taking.- 6. Negotiating Social Forces.- 7. Responsibilisation: Blaming or Empowering Risk-Taking.- 8. Reasonable Risk-Taking in Everyday Life.- 9. Conclusions and Perspectives.