Extraordinary Risks, Ordinary Lives: Logics of Precariousness in Everyday Contexts

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Beata Świtek Allen Abramson

Extraordinary Risks, Ordinary Lives

Logics of Precariousness in Everyday Contexts

Beata Świtek, Allen Abramson, Hannah Swee

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English

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
30 March 2023

Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Sociology; Social & cultural anthropology; Politics & government; Medical sociology

Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty

This book untangles the relationship between expert categorisations of risk and the on-the-ground experiences of untrained ‘ordinary’ people who may be

routinely subjected to significant danger in a variety of extraordinary contexts. It

considers political, ethical and moral dimensions of risk and calls for more

targeted ethnographic research, designed to reveal how grass-roots risk

dispositions and practice intersect with official discourses, individual agency and

community resilience.

Edited by: Beata Świtek, Allen Abramson, Hannah Swee
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 465g
ISBN: 9783030839642
ISBN 10: 3030839648
Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beata Świtek is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Allen Abramson is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at University College London, UK. Hannah Swee is a climate and capacity building specialist for the United Nations.