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1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-160) and index. |
Contents |
Responses to risks: an introduction -- Human responses to risks : 'not me', 'the other is to blame' -- A study of lay people's responses to a risk : HIV/AIDS in Britain and South Africa -- Evaluating two social psychological models of the response to risks -- The source of linking risk and 'the other' : splitting objects into 'good' and 'bad' -- Social representations of risks -- Emotional life : a new frontier for social theory -- Changing social representations of risks. |
Summary |
From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to war, the mass media bring into our lives the awareness of risk. But how do people respond to it? Using a social psychological framework, this book explores the phenomenon of a widespread sense of personal invulnerability when faced with risk: the 'not me' factor. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Risk perception.
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Risk perception. |
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Social psychology.
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Social psychology. |
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Other minds (Theory of knowledge)
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Other minds (Theory of knowledge) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Joffe, Hélène. Risk and 'the other'. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521660092 (DLC) 99013648 (OCoLC)40762596 |
ISBN |
9780511489846 (electronic book) |
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0511489846 (electronic book) |
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0511004710 (electronic book) |
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9780511004711 (electronic book) |
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051115044X |
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9780511150449 |
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0511048459 |
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9780511048456 |
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051117232X (electronic book) |
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9780511172328 (electronic book) |
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9780521660099 |
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0521660092 |
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0521660092 (hardcover) |
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0521669693 (paperback) |
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