Risk Revisited by Pat Caplan
Looking at the concept of risk from a cross-cultural perspective, the contributors challenge the Eurocentric frameworks within which notions of risk are more commonly considered. They argue that perceptions of danger, and sources of anxiety, are far more socially and culturally constructed - and far more contingent - than risk theorists generally admit. Topics covered include prostitutes in London; AIDS in Tanzania; the cease-fire in Northern Ireland; the volcanic eruptions in Montserrat; modernisation in Amazonia; and the BSE scare in Britain.-
Small Places, Large Issues
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What is Anthropology?
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Humans and Other Animals
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A History of Anthropology
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Anthropology of the Self
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Cultivating Development
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Flip-Flop
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Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship
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Becoming Arab in London
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Anthropology and Development
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The Anthropology of Security
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Ethnicity and Nationalism
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Power and Its Disguises
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Witchcraft, Power and Politics
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On the Game
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Vicious Games
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The Will of the Many
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Human Rights, Culture and Context
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The Anthropology, Art and Cultural Production
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The Paradox of Svalbard
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As If Already Free
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Rubbish Belongs to the Poor
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Grassroots Economies
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Anthropology and Cultural Studies
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Children of the Welfare State
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At the Heart of the State
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Being There
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Watershed Politics and Climate Change in Peru
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The Limits to Citizen Power
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The Capability of Places
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Class, Nation and Identity
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Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality
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Contesting Publics
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Dream Zones
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Terror and Violence
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The Rise of Nerd Politics
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Learning Politics From Sivaram
'An authoritative and compelling text exploring risk from a variety of cultural perspectives, highly recommended reading to anyone studying social sciences' -- Stuart Agnew, Lecturer in Criminology
Pat Caplan is one of the founders of the Anthropology department at Goldsmiths College, UoL and was formerly the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, UoL. She is the author of Risk Revisited (Pluto Press, 2000) and The Ethics of Anthropology (Routledge, 2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745314631 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745314635 |
| Title | Risk Revisited |
| Author | Pat Caplan |
| Series | Anthropology Culture And Society |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2000-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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