Risk and society /

Risk has come to dominate individual and collective consciousness in the 21st century. Although global insecurity is related to terrorism, pollution, global epidemics and famine, risks involved in ordinary life such as food, tobacco smoking, sunlight and travel have also become major preoccupations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Denney, David
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2005.
Subjects:	Risk > Sociological aspects. Risk assessment. Risk perception.