Health, Risk and Vulnerability

by Alan Petersen and Iain Wilkinson

Book Overview

The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood to comprise the dominant experience of culture, politics and society in our times.

Health, Risk and Vulnerability investigates the personal and political dimensions of health risk that structure everyday thought and action. In this innovative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415383080
• ISBN13: 9780415383080
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"