Sociology of Risk

SpringerBriefs in Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-105

  Lidskog, Rolf ^a   Sundqvist, Go¨ran ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Industrial Society; Risk Communication; Risk Management; Risk Perception; Social Constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103727882     PISSN: 22114548     EISSN: 22114556     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5455-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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