Uncertain Business: Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge
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We live in an age of increasing doubt about whether our institutions and technologies can provide security against risks, many of which they themselves have created. Uncertain Business is an unprecedented inquiry into insurance industry practices and what they tell us about risks and uncertainties in contemporary society. The core of the book is ethnographic studies in distinct fields of insurance: premature death, disability, earthquake, and terrorism...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802085628
ISBN13:9780802085627
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:335 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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