A Framework of Intersectional Risk Theory in the Age of Ambivalence

by Katarina Giritli Nygren, Anna Olofsson, Susanna Öhman

This book brings feminist theories and concepts to the sociology of risk in an attempt to carve out a framework for intersectional risk theories in times of ambivalence.

The authors purport that risk is pervasive in the Global North, and is fast becoming a hegemonic governing principle. In order to understand this crucial aspect of society, sociological risk theories and risk analysis must go beyond power and social inequalities, to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030335232
• ISBN13: 9783030335236
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"