GENDERED RISKS by Kelly Hannah-Moffat (Editor), Pat O'Malley (Editor) ( 9781904385783 )

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Title:

GENDERED RISKS

By:

Kelly Hannah-Moffat (Editor), Pat O'Malley (Editor)

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Hardback

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1904385788

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9781904385783

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 August, 2006

Pages:

264

Description:

Explores the gendered aspects of risk. This book analyzes what is known and identifies some of the directions and challenges for research and theory that emerge from thinking of risk as a governmental technique; as a form of consciousness and action and as a political issue, shaped by, and shaping gender in contemporary society.

Synopsis:

Edited and contributed to by a collection of eminent international scholars in the field, this is the first book to explore the gendered aspects of risk. It analyzes what is currently known and identifies some of the new directions and challenges for research and theory that emerge from thinking of risk as a governmental technique; as a form of consciousness and action and as a political issue, shaped by, and shaping gender in contemporary society.

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2 black & white tables

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Routledge Cavendish

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