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: | Inglés |
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London :
SAGE
c2005.
London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : 2005. |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797970106719 |
| 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 220 p.) : 1 ill |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848600584 9781446216323 9780761947396 9780761947394 9786611361938 9781281361936 |
