Strategic unknowns: Towards a sociology of ignorance

Economy and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  McGoey, Linsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ambiguity; risk; sociology of ignorance; strategic unknowns; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857282918     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.637330     Document Type: Article

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