Constructing risk and safety in technological practice
edited by Jane Summerton and Boel Berner
| Year of publication: |
2003
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| Other Persons: | Berner, Boel (contributor) ; Summerton, Jane (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
London : Routledge |
| Subject: | Risiko | Risk | Risikomanagement | Risk management | Bauwirtschaft | Construction industry | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change | Arbeitsschutz | Occupational safety |
| Description of contents: |
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
Table of Contents [gbv.de]
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| Extent: | Online-Ressource (ix, 200 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Constructing risk and safety in technological practice: an Introduction; PART I Interpreting accidents; 1 The ultimate challenge for risk technologies: controlling the accidental; 2 Narratives of trust in constructing risk and danger: interpretations of the Swissair 111 crash; 3 Resituating your data: understanding the human contribution to accidents; PART II Defining risks; 4 "Talking diesel": negotiating and contesting environmental risks of automobility in Sweden 5 Defining risk and safety in a high security organization: "bunkering" at the Los Alamos Plutonium Handling FacilityPART III Constructing safety; 6 Safety as a social construct: the problem(atique) of agency; 7 Creating trust and achieving safety in air traffic control; 8 The social construction of safety in the face of fear and distrust: the case of cardiac intensive care; 9 Constructing workplace safety through control and learning: conflict or compatibility?; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 0-203-21677-6 ; 0-415-28571-2 ; 978-0-415-28571-1 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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