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RISK AND CULTURE

Paperback • 1983 • English

RISK AND CULTURE

By Aaron Wildavsky, Mary Douglas

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Risk and Culture - An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

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ISBN

9780520050631

Published year

1983

Language

English

Original title

RISK AND CULTURE

Format

Paperback

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