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Social theories of risk and uncertainty: an introduction
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ISBN: 9781405153355 9781405153362 1405153350 1405153369 Year: 2008 Publisher: Malden, Mass. Blackwell

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Written by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing on risk and uncertainty in sociology. Provides an overview of the historical developments and conceptual aspects of risk Identifies why theorizing on risk is necessary and highlights specific sociological contributions to this field of research Explores key topics including risk society and reflexive modernization, culture and risk, governmentality and risk, systems theory and risk, and edgework and voluntary risk taking Offers a comprehensive look at the promises, pitfalls, and perspectives of risk theorizing


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Modes of uncertainty : anthropological cases
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ISBN: 9780226257105 9780226257075 022625724X 022625710X 022625707X 9780226257242 Year: 2015 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. The University of Chicago Press

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Modes of Uncertainty offers groundbreaking ways of thinking about danger, risk, and uncertainty from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Our world, the contributors show, is increasingly populated by forms, practices, and events whose uncertainty cannot be reduced to risk-and thus it is vital to distinguish between the two. Drawing the lines between them, they argue that the study of uncertainty should not focus solely on the appearance of new risks and dangers-which no doubt abound-but also on how uncertainty itself should be defined, and what the implications might be for policy and government. Organizing contributions from various anthropological subfields-including economics, business, security, humanitarianism, health, and environment-Limor Samimian-Darash and Paul Rabinow offer new tools with which to consider uncertainty, its management, and the differing modes of subjectivity appropriate to it. Taking up policies and experiences as objects of research and analysis, the essays here seek a rigorous inquiry into a sound conceptualization of uncertainty in order to better confront contemporary problems. Ultimately, they open the way for a participatory anthropology that asks crucial questions about our contemporary state.


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Sicherheit und Risiko : Über den Umgang mit Gefahr im 21. Jahrhundert
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ISBN: 3839412293 3837612295 9783837612295 Year: 2015 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Die umfassende gesellschaftspolitische Problematik von Sicherheit und Risiko in den globalisierten westlichen Gesellschaften ist nicht erst seit »9/11« oder der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise virulent. Dieser Band versammelt die wichtigsten Stimmen der sozial-, kultur- und humanwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, um nicht nur grundlegend in die Thematik einzuführen, sondern auch, um Antworten zu geben auf die Frage nach dem rasanten Wandel unseres Verständnisses von Gefahr, Bedrohung, Unsicherheit und riskantem Verhalten. »Die in der Berliner Ringvorlesung dargestellten Reflexionen bilden [...] einen Ausschnitt aus den nationalen und internationalen gesellschaftlichen Diskursen ab. Weil Begriffe immer auch Meinungen, Positionen und Einstellungen ausdrücken und gerieren, kann der Sammelband dazu beitragen, die verwirrende, ideologisierte Situation zu klären, die sich in unserer Gesellschaft um den Begriff Sicherheit rankt.« Jos Schnurer, www.socialnet.de, 10.06.2010 »Die thematische Breite und die Aktualität des Bandes [zeigen] insgesamt eindrucksvoll die Perspektiven auf, wie das Forschungsfeld auch in einem größeren interdisziplinären Rahmen weiterzuverfolgen wäre.« Achim Saupe, H-Soz-u-Kult, 06.09.2010 »Münkler schreibt uns die Aporien in seiner anmutigen Prosa noch kritischer ins Stammbuch.« Milos Vec, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 02.09.2010 Besprochen in: Badische Zeitung, 04.09.2010, Hans-Georg Deggau Technikgeschichte, 78/4 (2012), Helmuth Trischler

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Risk management. --- Financial crises --- Uncertainty --- Risk assessment. --- Decision making. --- Risk --- Social problems. --- History --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Reform, Social --- Social reform --- Social welfare --- Social history --- Applied sociology --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Sociology --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Evaluation --- Reasoning --- Crashes, Financial --- Crises, Financial --- Financial crashes --- Financial panics --- Panics (Finance) --- Stock exchange crashes --- Stock market panics --- Crises --- Insurance --- Sociological aspects --- Decision making --- Political Science. --- Political Sociology. --- Political Theory. --- Politics. --- Sociological Theory. --- Sociology. --- Sicherheit; Risiko; Gefahr; Prävention; Klimawandel; Krieg; Völkerrecht; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Risikomanagement; Gesellschaft; Politik; Politische Soziologie; Politische Theorie; Soziologische Theorie; Politikwissenschaft; Soziologie; Society; Politics; Political Sociology; Political Theory; Sociological Theory; Political Science; Sociology --- Risk management --- Financial crises - History - 21st century --- Uncertainty - Social aspects --- Risk assessment --- Risk - Sociological aspects --- Social problems

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