Living in the Anthropocene: towards a risk-taking society

Environmental Sociology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 385-394

  Zinn, Jens Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; modernisation; risk paradox; Risk Society; risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050752100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2016.1233605     Document Type: Article

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