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Anthropology and Risk (Paperback)
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Anthropology and Risk (Paperback)
Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
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Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation
studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception,
communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally
informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience. It
provides an account of how interpretations of risk in society are
conditioned by knowledge claims and cultural assumptions and by the
orientationof actors based on roles, norms, expectations,
identities, trust and practical rationality within a lived social
world. By focusing on agency, social complexity and the production
and interpretation of meaning, the book offers a comprehensive and
holistic theoretical perspective on risk, based on empirical case
studies and ethnographic enquiry. As a selection of Asa Boholm's
publications throughout her career, along with a newly written
introduction overviewing the field, this book provides a unified
perspective on risk as a construct shaped by social and cultural
contexts.This collection should be of interest to students and
scholars of risk communication, risk management, environmental
planning, environmental management and environmental and applied
anthropology.
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