Risk Revisited

by Pat Caplan

Book Overview

This book looks at the concept of risk from a cross-cultural perspective, the contributors challenge the Eurocentric frameworks within which notions of risk are more commonly considered. They argue that perceptions of danger, and sources of anxiety, are far more socially and culturally constructed - and far more contingent - than risk theorists generally admit. Topics covered include prostitutes in London; AIDS in Tanzania; the cease-fire in Northern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745314635
• ISBN13: 9780745314631
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"