The responsibilization strategy of health and safety: Neo-liberalism and the reconfi guration of individual responsibility for risk

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-342

  Gray, Garry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 68349112521     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp004     Document Type: Article

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