UID:
almafu_9958106122902883
Format:
1 online resource (213 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-45041-9
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1-280-18062-5
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1-134-45042-7
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0-203-21677-6
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9786610180622
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology ; 4
Content:
Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With contributions from leading scholars from Europe and the USA, it presents original theoretical discussions, linked to detailed empirical case studies.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Constructing risk and safety in technological practice: an introduction; Interpreting accidents; The ultimate challenge for risk technologies: controlling the accidental; Narratives of trust in constructing risk and danger: interpretations of the Swissair 111 crash; Resituating your data: understanding the human contribution to accidents; Defining risks; ~Talking diesel~: negotiating and contesting environmental risks of automobility in Sweden
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Defining risk and safety in a high security organization: ~bunkering~ at the Los Alamos Plutonium Handling FacilityConstructing safety; Safety as a social construct: the problem(atique) of agency; Creating trust and achieving safety in air traffic control; The social construction of safety in the face of fear and distrust: the case of cardiac intensive care; Constructing workplace safety through control and learning: conflict or compatibility?; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-29386-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-28571-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203216774
