Views of risk in Sweden: Global fatalism and local control - An empirical investigation of Ulrich Beck's theory of new risks

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-196

  Olofsson, Anna ^a,b   Öhman, Susanna ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Modernity; New risks; Risk strategies; Ulrich Beck; Views of risk

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW RISKS; RISK STRATEGIES; ULRICH BECK; VIEWS OF RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33947357167     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870601122451     Document Type: Article

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