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Anthropology and Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society) by Åsa Boholm is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Anthropology and Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society) about?

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 Åsa 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.

Who reads Anthropology and Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society)?

Author

Åsa Boholm

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317754596

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Sociology, Political Science