The making of the risk-centred society and the limits of social risk research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21149110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Burge (0000-0001-9818-2620, University of Kent, corresponding author), Adam Burgess |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 329-342 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Risk & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8575 • E-ISSN: 1469-8331 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698570601008321 |
| OpenAlex | W2128187313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 44 |
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
Living Through Rupture
‘We thought if it’s going to take two years then we need to start that now’
Risk, health and parenting culture
Conflicting rationalities of risk
How health risks prevention shapes collective identities
The social construction of risk by young people
Female and male risk aversion
Hygiene and Biosecurity
The changing character of public inquiries in the (risk) regulatory state
Individualization revisited
Minimising dietary risk
Is it time for the sociology of health to abandon ‘risk’
Dementia screening and early diagnosis
Risk, health and the media
The shifting sands of uncertainty
Global health risks and cosmopolitisation
Assessing the capacity of parents with mental illness
Une société (de l’analyse) du risque
To Roam or Stay Home? Understanding "Pet Parenting" Types in Relation to the Indoor/Outdoor Cat Debate
Risk Society
But is it true?
Risikotransformation
The British Regulatory State
Social Benefit versus Technological Risk
Risk, Environment and Modernity
Civilization and madness
The institutional origins of risk
Thinking about risk
Bug reactions
Responding to Community Outrage
True Warnings and False Alarms
Images of Issues
The Social and Cultural Construction of Risk
The Social Amplification of Risk
Risk and Culture
Flattering Consumption
Affective Influences on Risk Perceptions of, and Attitudes Toward, Genetically Modified Food
The historical roots of precautionary thinking
Three decades of risk research
Comparing precaution in the United States and Europe
Public Responses to Technological Risks
The British Regulatory State
The Hare and the Tortoise Revisited
Risk society
Making a Crisis Out of a Drama
The Social Fabric at Risk
Evolution of infectious disease
Environment, Modernity and the Risk-Society
World Risk Society as Cosmopolitan Society
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |