Risk And Misfortune: The Social Construction Of Accidents 1000672921, 9781000672923

The First Modern Risk: Workplace Accidents and the Origins of European Social States [1 ed.] 1108426506, 9781108426503

During the late nineteenth century, many countries across Europe adopted national legislation that required employers to

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Managing the Risk of Offshore Oil and Gas Accidents: The International Legal Dimension 9781786436740, 9781786436733

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the international legal dimension of the management of the risk of accide

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Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies - Updated Edition 9781400828494

Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering

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The Construction of Social Reality 0684831791, 9780684831794

In this book Searle extends upon his argument in his essay "How to Derive Ought from Is", where he argued that

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Measurement of National Income and the Construction of Social Accounts

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Accidents in History: Injuries, Fatalities and Social Relations 9789042000933, 9042000937

There is now an extensive literature on the social and environmental consequences of living in the risk society. Studies

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The Securitization of Society: Crime, Risk, and Social Order 9781479881956

Traditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many

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Marx's Construction of Social Theory 0710095406

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Deadbeat Dads: Subjectivity and Social Construction 9781442673731

Non-payment of child support is often categorized as an individual act of deviance or moral failing, reinforcing resista

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The Social Construction of AIDS Issues 9789811675195, 9811675198

This book explores AIDS from a relatively macro perspective rather than concrete operational methods and focuses on the

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