Understanding Risk-Taking
1st Edition
Published on 3. October 2019
XIII, 370 pages
978-3-030-28650-7 (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
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIII, 370 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color.
File size
4,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-030-28650-7 (9783030286507)
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.
