Risk and 'The Other'

From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to industrial accidents, the mass media continually bring into our daily lives the awareness of risk. How do people respond ... » 

From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to industrial accidents, the mass media continually bring into our daily lives the awareness of risk. How do people respond to this awareness? This book aims to explain how, within a given social and cultural context, individuals make sense of impending crisis. «