Jens O. Zinn is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is currently researching the development of risk theorizing as part of the ESRC priority network Social Contexts and Responses to Risk (SCARR). He has founded research networks on the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty within the International Sociological Association (ISA) and the European Sociological Association (ESA).
8 E-böcker av Jens O. Zinn
Jens O. Zinn: Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty
Written by leading experts in the field, Social Theories of Risk
and Uncertainty is an introduction to mainstream theorizing on
risk and uncertainty in sociology.
* * Provides an overview of the …
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€35.99
Jens O. Zinn: The UK ‘at Risk’
This book presents a case study of the proliferation of at risk-language in The Times news coverage from 1785 to 2009, illuminating the changing social experience of risk.
Zinn presents …
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€53.49
Jens O. Zinn & Daniel McDonald: Risk in The New York Times (1987–2014)
This book investigates to what extent claims of common social science risk theories such as risk society, governmentality, risk and culture, risk colonisation and culture of fear are reflected in l …
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€58.84
Anna Olofsson & Jens O. Zinn: Researching Risk and Uncertainty
Understanding and managing risk and uncertainty is a central task in contemporary societies characterised by rapid social, technological and environmental change. This book presents research approach …
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€128.39
Raymond K. H. Chan & Lih-Rong Wang: Social Issues and Policies in Asia
In the past few decades, societies in Asia have experienced rapid and dramatic changes in their economic, social and political spheres. Despite the wide diversity among these countries, a few general …
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€80.86
Jens O. Zinn: Understanding Risk-Taking
This book outlines and systematises findings from a growing body of research that examines the different rationales, dimensions and dynamics of risk-taking in current societies; providing insight i …
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€53.49
Patrick R. Brown & Jens O. Zinn: Covid-19 and the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty
This book provides a global perspective on COVID-19, taking the heterogenous realities of the pandemic into account. Contributions are rooted in critical social science studies of risk and uncertaint …
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€149.79
