Neither clear nor present: The social construction of safety and danger

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-562

  Simpson, Ruth ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Classification; Cognitive sociology; Danger; Frameworks; Phobia; Psychology; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039270519     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408392     Document Type: Article

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