The Social Roots Of Risk: Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience

Rather than acts of God or random acts of nature, The Social Roots of Risk argues that hazards, disasters, and crises of all sorts are produced by the social order itself-that the routine activities of institutions, organizations, and groups invite risk into our lives and put us in harms way.

• | By (Author): Kathleen Tierney
• | Publisher: Stanford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 23, 2014
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0804791392
• | ISBN-13: 9780804791397