Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory by Mary Douglas

Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory

Mary Douglas

336 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the ins...

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