The making of the risk-centred society and the limits of social risk research

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ID21149110
AutoresAdam Burge (0000-0001-9818-2620, University of Kent, autor correspondente), Adam Burgess
Ano2006
Volume8
Fascículo4
Páginas329-342
Data de publicação2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Risk & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-8575 • E-ISSN: 1469-8331
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13698570601008321
OpenAlexW2128187313
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas44

Despite the apparent triumph of social perspectives on risk, the predominant approach to risk is less social and contextual than is often supposed. A widespread acceptance of a constructionist approach is more formal than substantive. Risk ‘objects’ and events remain given and objectified in many accounts, at the same time as they have been subject to little critical empirical enquiry. Iconic risk events such as the BSE crisis and Chernobyl have shaped academic and policy responses to risk despite the gap between their putative and actual impacts. This editorial calls for a more interdisciplinary approach able to trace the historical evolution and changing character of risk perceptions that rigorously analyses and clearly distinguishes the scientific/technical, and socially and politically manufactured dimensions of risk

Business · Economics · Epistemology · Perception · Positive economics · Risk communication · Risk perception · Risk society · Social constructionism · Social risk · Social science · Sociology · Strict constructionism · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Philosophy · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology