Risk

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-1-85728-067-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates that behaviour is governed by the probable costs and benefits of alternative courses of action which are perceived through filters formed from all the previous incidents and associations in the risk-taker's life.; "Risk" should be of interest to many readers throughout the social sciences and in the world of industry, business, engineering, finance and public administration, since it deals with a fundamental part of human behaviour that has enormous financial and economic implications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 01 Risk: An Introduction; Chapter 02 Risk and the Royal Society; Chapter 03 Patterns in Uncertainty; Chapter 04 Error, Chance and Culture; Chapter 05 Measuring Risk; Chapter 06 Monetizing Risk; Chapter 07 Road Safety 1: Seat Belts; Chapter 08 Road Safety 2: More Filtering; Chapter 09 A Large Risk: The Greenhouse Effect; Chapter 10 The Risk Society; Chapter 11 Can We Manage Risk Better?;

Über Autor(innen)

John Adams is an Emeritus Professor in the Geography Department at University College London, and theorist on risk compensation.