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Understanding Risk-Taking (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020) Loot Price: R2,322
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Understanding Risk-Taking (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Jens O. Zinn

Understanding Risk-Taking (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Jens O. Zinn

Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty

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This book outlines and systematises findings from a growing body of research that examines the different rationales, dimensions and dynamics of risk-taking in current societies; providing insight into the different motivations and social roots of risk-taking to advance scholarly debates and improve social regulation. Conceptually, the book goes beyond common approaches which problematise socially undesirable risk-taking, or highlight the alluring character of risk-taking. Instead, it follows a broadly interpretivist approach and engages in examining motives, control, routinisation, reflexivity, skills, resources, the role of identity in risk-taking and how these are rooted in and framed by different social forces. Zinn draws on qualitative studies from different theoretical and conceptual backgrounds such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, pragmatism, feminism, class analysis, theory of practice and discourse analysis among others, to outline key distinctions and concepts central to the understanding of risk-taking. It will be a key resource for everyone who is concerned with the understanding and management of risk-taking in all kinds of social domains, such as immigration, youth, leisure sports, crime, health, finance, and social policy.

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
Release date: October 2019
First published: 2020
Authors: Jens O. Zinn
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 370
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-028649-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
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LSN: 3-03-028649-5
Barcode: 9783030286491

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