Download or read book Risk in Social Science written by Peter Taylor-Gooby and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for students and scholars from the social sciences, this is an introduction to work on risk. It discusses the basic issues in risk research, and examines some of the key themes in this field, looking at topics such as the media, crime, the environment, and social inequality.