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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE,
c2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) : 1 illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781446216323 (ebook) : |