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Food and the Risk Society

The Power of Risk Perception

By: Charlotte Fabiansson,Stefan Fabiansson

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Food and the Risk Society

The Power of Risk Perception

By: Charlotte Fabiansson,Stefan Fabiansson

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the current scientific knowledge concerning risks associated with food preparation, processing and consumption, with particular attention to the gap between scientific research and public perception. Examining the effects of food on the body from both micro and macro levels, it covers a range of broad themes and current concerns, including obesity and the 'obesity epidemic', the benefits or otherwise of dietary supplements, caffeine consumption, GM food, alcohol, organic food, the consumption of fruit and vegetables, and pathogens and contaminants. Thematically arranged according to the application of broad theoretical approaches in sociological theory – the socio-cultural perspective, the risk society perspective and the governmentality perspective – each chapter focuses on a particular area of interest or concern in relation to food, covering the existing literature in detail and offering illustrative empirical examples, whilst identifying gaps in knowledge and areas for further research. An accessible and rigorous examination of food and health, and the discrepancy between scientific opinion and consumer perception of safe food – the real risks versus the perceived risks – this book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, geography, food, nutrition and environmental ecosystems, as well as health professionals.

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1317134478

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9781317134473

Pathways to Excessive Gambling

A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits

By: Charlotte Fabiansson

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Pathways to Excessive Gambling

A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits

By: Charlotte Fabiansson

Pathways to Excessive Gambling draws upon extensive empirical research amongst young people and problem gamblers in Australia, comparing it with situations in other territories, to shed light on social, recreational gambling and the ways in which this can lead to excessive gambling. It highlights the relationship between the local community, sports clubs, governments, social recreation, economy and regulation of gambling venues, identifying the social indicators that typify situations which commonly lead to excessive gambling. By developing a 'society-based' perspective, this volume recognizes problem gambling as an issue for the whole society rather than just the individual, focusing on the availability of gambling and identifying its capacity, as a construct, to encourage or restrict the behaviour of the individual. As such, this book will be of significance to social scientists with interests in gambling, young people, social problems, and the sociology of leisure and culture.

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242

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1317083296

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9781317083290

The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm

Hegemonic Ideology and Individual Behaviour

By: Charlotte Fabiansson

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The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm

Hegemonic Ideology and Individual Behaviour

By: Charlotte Fabiansson

This book explores violent and discriminatory values and beliefs and their interconnectedness between societal echelons. Violence has a foundation and a context. It comes from somewhere and is directed at someone or something, and it has an ambience established through generations of social, cultural, political, financial and religious strategies. It fashions nation-states’ hegemonic ideology and frames individual behaviours and attitudes, thus creating a milieu that enables the normalisation of violence. The focus is on violence-infused behaviours and actions in the public realm, a multifunctional environment for social and cultural activities, as well as a workplace, entertainment and transport hub. It is a public setting, sometimes demanding onerous deftness of individuals to stay safe. Attitudes, values and beliefs around violence, harassment and discrimination in the public realm frequently occur openly without anyone noticing that a crime has been committed, including by close bystanders. An audience steeped in societal hegemonic social and cultural patriarchal ideology might be oblivious to harassing or discriminative behaviours and attitudes against females, minority genders and ethnic minority groups. The habitual nature and normalisation of these invisible crimes make them easy to dismiss. Violence materialises on all societal levels: the hegemonic structural (macro) level, consisting of the society’s dominating political, financial, social, cultural and religious leaders, educational and community institutions (meso) level and the individual-agency (micro) level, hence the nationstate’s populace. Societal order is underpinned by structural, systemic and symbolic violence, all integrated into contemporary society’s cultural and social fabric, thus inconspicuous social norms as ingrained through internalisation. The book is written from a sociological perspective and within the risk society discourse, where the risk of violence in the public domain is omnipresent. Discourses of Arendt, Bauman, Bourdieu, Marx, Foucault, Galtung and Beck and present-day analysis underpin the discussions. The agency and political leadership research emphatically show that violence and discrimination are normalised and ingrained in the contemporary milieu.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000881628

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9781000881622

Food and the Risk Society

The Power of Risk Perception

By: Charlotte Fabiansson,Stefan Fabiansson

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The Power of Risk Perception

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Pathways to Excessive Gambling

A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits

By: Dr Charlotte Fabiansson

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A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits

By: Dr Charlotte Fabiansson

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409492508

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Food and the Risk Society

Food and the Risk Society

Pathways to Excessive Gambling

Pathways to Excessive Gambling

The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm

The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm

Food and the Risk Society

Food and the Risk Society

Pathways to Excessive Gambling

Pathways to Excessive Gambling

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