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Mary Douglas

Risk and Culture

An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers

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Poses an important question. Why do people emphasize certain risks while ignoring others? In particular, why have so many in our society singled out pollution as a source of concern? . . . Offering what they call a 'cultural theory of risk perception,' the authors suggest that people's complaints about hazards should never be taken at face value. One must look further to discover what forms of social organization are being defended or attacked.--New York Times Book Review The authors call into question the presumed scientific objectivity of environmental risk assessment. Risk and Culture is a brief book organized around the premise that the s… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Wildavsky, Aaron
  • ISBN: 978-0-520-05063-1
  • EAN: 9780520050631
  • Produktnummer: 1155101
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1983
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.5 cm 272 g
  • Abbildungen: Trade Paperback
  • Gewicht: 272

Über den Autor


Dame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion. Aaron Wildavsky (May 31, 1930 – September 4, 1993) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management.

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