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Judith Green
Risk And Misfortune [EPUB ebook]
The Social Construction Of Accidents

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There has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertainties of late 20th- century life. Understanding accidents is the key to understanding the risk society, for accidents are both the paradigmatic challenge for risk technologies to predict the apparently unpredictable and the ultimate

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9781000672923 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8112380 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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