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Risk and Acceptability

Risk and Acceptability

Mary Douglas

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2002
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Antropología social y cultural, etnografía
ISBN:
9780415291149

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First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory, she instead uses the book to argue risk analysis from an anthropological perspective.

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