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BL
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967421
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b721791
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| Title & Author
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Constructing risk and safety in technological practice /\ edited by Jane Summerton and Boel Berner.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge advances in sociology ;; 4
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 200 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203216776
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: 9780203216774
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0415285712
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9780415285711
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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| Subject
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Industrial safety.
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Risk management.
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Industrial safety.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Social Psychology.
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Risk management.
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| Dewey Classification
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302.12
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| LC Classification
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T55.C663 2003eb
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| Added Entry
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Berner, Boel.
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Summerton, Jane.
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