The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience / Kathleen J. Tierney

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Tierney, Kathleen J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: High reliability and crisis managementPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, 2014Description: xiii, 301 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780804791397

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Summary: 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.

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Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.12 TIE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Pending hold		900123051

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.

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