Title Constructing risk and safety in technological practice / edited by Jane Summerton and Boel Berner.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 200 pages).
Series	Routledge advances in sociology ; 4
	Routledge advances in sociology ; 4.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	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.
Note	Print version record.
Local Note	EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Subject	Industrial safety.
	Risk management.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
	Industrial safety. (OCoLC)fst00971664
	Risk management. (OCoLC)fst01098164
Added Author	Summerton, Jane.
	Berner, Boel.
Other Form:	Print version: Constructing risk and safety in technological practice. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415285712 (DLC) 2002068173 (OCoLC)50252060
ISBN	0203216776 (electronic book)
	9780203216774 (electronic book)
	0415285712 (alkaline paper)
	9780415285711 (alkaline paper)

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