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Risk And Misfortune

The Social Construction Of Accidents
By:Judith Green
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9781857285611
eText ISBN:9781000672923
Edition:1
Copyright:1997
Format:Reflowable

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There has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertainties of late 20th- century life. Understanding accidents is the key to understanding the risk society, for accidents are both the paradigmatic challenge for risk technologies to predict the apparently unpredictable and the ultimate