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Abstract
This book looks 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.
'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
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | iii | ||
| Introduction: Risk Revisited | 1 | ||
| RISK:THE DEBATES | 1 | ||
| THE COLLECTION | 14 | ||
| THEMES ARISING | 20 | ||
| THE REFLEXIVITY OF MODERNITY:ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY | 24 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 26 | ||
| 1. The Politics of Risk among London Prostitutes | 29 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 29 | ||
| BACKGROUND: THE PRAED STREET PROJECT | 31 | ||
| GOVERNING RISK: HIV, THE PROSTITUTE AND THE STATESMAN | 34 | ||
| MEDICALISATION AND RISK | 36 | ||
| COMPARISON: RISK AS A MEASURE OF ALL THINGS | 39 | ||
| A SOCIAL MOVEMENT | 41 | ||
| INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE THE STATE | 42 | ||
| RISK AND REFLEXIVITY | 48 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 49 | ||
| NOTES | 53 | ||
| 2. Risk and Trust: Unsafe Sex, Gender and AIDS in Tanzania | 59 | ||
| BECK AND GIDDENS: RELEVANT PARADIGMS? | 60 | ||
| AN INAPPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK? | 62 | ||
| RISK AND TRUST IN THE AIDS LITERATURE | 64 | ||
| DEFINING RISK AND TRUST IN THE TANZANIAN CONTEXT | 65 | ||
| AIDS IN LUSHOTO | 66 | ||
| EXPLAINING AIDS IN LUSHOTO | 68 | ||
| VARIETY OF MALE RESPONSES | 70 | ||
| WOMEN ’S RESPONSES | 72 | ||
| CONDOMS AND SAFER/UNSAFE SEX | 73 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 77 | ||
| NOTES | 78 | ||
| REFERENCES | 82 | ||
| 3. 'Conflicting Models of Risk': Clinical Genetics and British Pakistanis | 85 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 85 | ||
| ‘THIS IS MY QISMAT (FATE)’ | 85 | ||
| CLINICAL VIEWS OF GENETIC RISK | 89 | ||
| GENETIC RISK AND BRITISH PAKISTANIS | 90 | ||
| THE CLINICAL VIEW IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT | 91 | ||
| CLINICAL SOLUTIONS | 93 | ||
| PAKISTANI ATTITUDES TO RISK IN SOCIAL AND\r CULTURAL CONTEXT | 94 | ||
| ISLAM, FATALISM AND THE ROLE OF SAINTS | 97 | ||
| FAMILY HISTORIES AND HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS | 99 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 103 | ||
| NOTES | 104 | ||
| REFERENCES | 104 | ||
| 4. Risk-talk: the Politics of Risk and its Representation | 108 | ||
| THE POLITICS OF RISK REPRESENTATION | 108 | ||
| NUCLEAR RISK – A DISCUSSION | 110 | ||
| RISK AND BLAME | 112 | ||
| GENDER AND RISK IN INDIA | 114 | ||
| WOMEN AND RISK IN THE LOW-INCOME\r SETTLEMENTS OF CHENNAI | 119 | ||
| NEGOTIATING RISK | 122 | ||
| JUGGLING RISKS | 126 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 128 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 129 | ||
| NOTES | 129 | ||
| REFERENCES | 130 | ||
| 5. A Risky Cease-fire: British Infantry Soldiers and Northern Ireland | 133 | ||
| PRELUDE | 133 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 133 | ||
| TRAINING AND THREATS | 135 | ||
| CONCEPTUALISING RISK | 140 | ||
| INTERNALISING THE ENEMY | 144 | ||
| EXTERNALISING THE CONFLICT | 149 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 151 | ||
| NOTES | 153 | ||
| REFERENCES | 154 | ||
| 6. The Eruption of Chances Peak, Montserrat, and the Narrative Containment of Risk | 156 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 156 | ||
| RISK AND NARRATIVE AS RESEARCH TOPICS | 159 | ||
| LIVING ON THE VOLCANO OF MONTSERRAT | 164 | ||
| NARRATIVE, RADIO AND THE CONTAINMENT OF RISK ON MONTSERRAT | 171 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 177 | ||
| NOTES | 178 | ||
| REFERENCES | 179 | ||
| 7. 'Eating British Beef with Confidence': A Consideration of Consumers' Responses to BSE in Britain | 184 | ||
| BRITISH BEEF AND ITS MEANINGS | 186 | ||
| FOOD AND FOOD SCARES | 186 | ||
| THE CONCEPTS OF HEALTHY EATING RESEARCH PROJECTS | 187 | ||
| THE SECOND BSE SCARE | 193 | ||
| RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE | 197 | ||
| CONCLUSION: RISK KNOWLEDGE,TRUST AND LOCATION | 199 | ||
| NOTES | 199 | ||
| REFERENCES | 200 | ||
| 8. Risk, Ambiguity and the Loss of Control: How People with a Chronic Illness Experience Complex Biomedical Causal Models | 204 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 204 | ||
| RISK AND CAUSALITY | 208 | ||
| TYPE II DIABETES AND PATIENTS ’ PERCEPTIONS OF RISK | 211 | ||
| RISK AND CONTROL | 218 | ||
| NOTES | 221 | ||
| REFERENCES | 221 | ||
| 9. Good Risk, Bad Risk: Reflexive Modernisation and Amazonia | 226 | ||
| BECK ’S RISK ANALYSIS | 228 | ||
| ECOLOGICAL PANACEA OR PANEGYRIC? | 232 | ||
| WORKING TOWARDS RISK IN AMAZONIA | 233 | ||
| AMAZONIA AND THE DOCTRINE OF TROPICAL NASTINESS | 237 | ||
| INADVERTENT RISK | 239 | ||
| OPERATIONALISING RISK IN AMAZONIA | 240 | ||
| RISK MANAGERS | 242 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 245 | ||
| REFERENCES | 247 | ||
| Contributors | 249 | ||
| Index | 251 | ||
| Africa | 15 | ||
| and modernity, 15 | 15 | ||
| gender inequality, 63 | 63 | ||
| gender inequality, 69-70 | 69 | ||
| sexuality in, 61 | 61 | ||
| sexuality in, 67 | 67 | ||
| spread of AIDS in, 59 | 59 | ||
| spread of AIDS in, 61 | 61 | ||
| spread of AIDS in, 62-3 | 62 | ||
| age, factor in risk perception | 189 | ||
| 189 | 189 | ||
| 193 | 193 | ||
| agency | 17 |