There has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertaint
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During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe adopted national legislation that required employers to
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the international legal dimension of the management of the risk of accide
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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being construc
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There is now an extensive literature on the social and environmental consequences of living in the risk society. Studies
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Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many
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Environmental tragedies such as Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez remind us that catastrophic accidents are always possible
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It is well known that the social definition of individuals and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by
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