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The Risk Society: Towards a new modernity

, 2009
The present review discusses one of the pioneer projects authored by Ulrich Beck, regarding risk perception issues, which was originally titled Risikogesellshaft, Auf dem weg in eine andere Moderne or in English The society of risk, towards a new ...
M. Korstanje
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Branding and the risk management imperative [PDF]

, 2018
In an increasingly risky socioeconomic environment, management needs to proactively consider brand-related risks. To understand brands as tools for risk management, they need to understand four types of brand risk: brand reputation risk, brand dilution ...
Fournier, Susan, Srinivasan, Shuba
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“Superbugs” in the Risk Society: Assessing the Reflexive Function of North American Newspaper Coverage of Antimicrobial Resistance

, 2020
This article examines how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is covered in four elite North American newspapers and whether the dailies act as sites of reflexive modernization.
G. Capurro
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Risks of demographic development in a pandemic

Наука. Культура. Общество, 2020
In the article, the authors consider various theories of "risk" in the context of the formation of a new reality, which is characterized by different criteria and degrees of uncertainty.
Evgenia P. Sigareva, Svetlana Yu. Sivoplyasova, Julia E. Pletneva   +2 more
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Beyond the Financial Crisis:Addressing Risk Challenges in a Changing Financial Environment [PDF]

, 2009
The Financial Crisis has not only highlighted the importance of addressing issues such as liquidity risk – it has also brought to the fore the need to focus on unregulated instruments such as hedge funds, which are of systemic importance to the financial
Ojo, Mariane.B.
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Museus, ciência e educação: novos desafios Museums, science, and education: new challenges

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2005
Este artigo discute a conformação do papel social dos museus de ciência pelo fazer científico e tecnológico, pelas demandas da sociedade e pelas questões educacionais, sobretudo na negociação com seus públicos.
Maria Esther Valente, Sibele Cazelli, Fátima Alves   +2 more
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Dhaka Sitting on a Plastic Bomb: Issues and Concerns around Waste Governance, Water Quality, and Public Health

Earth, 2022
Plastic, an offer of modernity, has become one of the essential parts of our everyday life. However, it is presenting a massive threat in altered forms, to our health and environment. Plastic does not only pollute the surface environment, freshwater, and
Md Nadiruzzaman, Hosna Jahan Shewly, Afsana Afrin Esha   +2 more
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The social construction of risk by young people [PDF]

, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of a widely accepted risk discourse. This discussion presents a range of data which aims to highlight weaknesses in the widespread application of the 'risk society' thesis (Beck 1992).
Austen, L.
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Foreign experience of the social consequences of scientific and technological development: a place of education

Открытое образование (Москва), 2016
The social aspect (the restructuring of thinking, way of life and activity, quality of life, education) is determined by the deficiency of fundamental scientific information on trends, issues, necessary conditions and possibilities of using foreign ...
N. E. Khristolyubova, E. A. Hudorenko
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Ideas of Ulrich Beck in the Сontext of Modern Methodological Searches in World Sociology

Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Соціологічні дослідження сучасного суспільства: методологія, теорія, методи, 2019
The article reconstructed the system and method of the German sociologist Ulrich Beck. The importance of this work in the methodological situation in modern sociology is shown.
Illya Kononov
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