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Boel Berner & Jane Summerton
Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice

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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.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781134450411 ● Editor Boel Berner & Jane Summerton ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2806277 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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