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100 1 $aStallings, Robert A.
245 10 $aPromoting risk :$bconstructing the earthquake threat /$cRobert A. Stallings.
260 $aNew York :$bDe Gruyter,$c©1995.
300 $axiii, 248 pages ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aSocial problems and social issues
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
505 0 $a1. The Problem With the Earthquake "Problem" -- 2. Claims About the Earthquake Threat -- 3. Claims-Makers : The "Earthquake Establishment" -- 4. Public Arenas and the Promotion of Earthquake Risks -- 5. Changing Typifications of the Earthquake Threat -- 6. The Social Organization of Claims-Making -- 7. Explaining the Career of the Earthquake Threat -- 8. The Earthquake Threat and Social-Problems Theory
520 1 $a"The risk of a future catastrophic earthquake has never achieved the level of public concern accorded to such issues as crime, health care, economic conditions, or even pornography. This lack of concern might be explained as a function of our inability to control the geophysical processes that produce earthquakes. Yet a sociological theory of risk questions such a direct connection between physical forces and social reality, because human beings, not nature, create beliefs about risks. This examination of one type of risk, the threat of future catastrophic earthquakes, concentrates for the first time on the individuals and actions that result in the creation of risk, that is, the risk promoters and the process of promoting risk. It uses social constructionist theory to study claims-makers, the claims-making process, and the outcome of claims-making activities." "According to Stallings, the earthquake threat has failed to achieve the status of a fully constructed social problem, owing to the nature of the resources available to risk promoters and the strategy and tactics they have used to promote the risk of earthquakes. The results of his examination of a 'partially' constructed social problem will prove useful not only to those exploring the dynamics of the social problems process, but also to those who study risk, public policy making, and environmental issues where risk is involved."--BOOK JACKET.
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