Constructing risk and safety in technological practice
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jane Summerton; Boel Berner
- ناشر : London ; New York : Routledge,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9780203216774
Description
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 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
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.