Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty: Logics of Precariousness in Everyday Contexts

Świtek, Beata; Abramson, Allen; Swee, Hannah

This book untangles the relationship between expert categorisations of risk and the on-the-ground experiences of untrained ‘ordinary’ people who may be routinely subjected to significant danger in a variety of extraordinary contexts. It considers political, ethical and moral dimensions of risk and calls for more targeted ethnographic research, designed to reveal how grass-roots risk dispositions and practice intersect with official discourses, individual agency and community resilience.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2022-03-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030839611

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83962-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 336