Risk and panic in late modernity: Implications of the converging sites of social anxiety

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-20

  Hier, Sean P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counter modernity; Moral panic; Reflexivity; Risk society; Social anxiety; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DISASTER; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MORALITY; NOTE; PHOBIA; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANXIETY; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MORALS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK; SCAPEGOATING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0038727217     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007131032000045879     Document Type: Review

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