A relational theory of risk
Författare och institution:
Åsa Boholm (Centrum för forskning om offentlig sektor (CEFOS) & Institutionen för globala studier, socialantropologi); Hervé Corvellec (Centrum för forskning om offentlig sektor (CEFOS))
Publicerad i:
Journal of Risk Research, 14 ( 1-2 ) s. 175-190
Publikationstyp:
Artikel, refereegranskad vetenskaplig
Publiceringsår:
2011
Språk:
engelska
Sammanfattning (abstract):
This paper outlines a relational theory of risk. According to this theory, risk emerges from situated cognition that establishes a relationship of risk between a risk object and an object at risk, so that the risk object is considered, under certain contingent circumstances and in some causal way, to threaten the valued object at risk. This relational theory of risk is a theory about the interpretative nature of risk that answers the key theoretical and practical questions of why and how something is considered a risk. The relational theory of risk allows for the interpretation of risk situations as culturally informed, and thereby suggests new ways to approach risk communication, risk governance, and risk management by taking into account bounded rationalities of thought and action.
Ämne (baseras på Högskoleverkets indelning av forskningsämnen):
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP ->
Statsvetenskap ->
Studier av offentlig förvaltning
Statsvetenskap ->
Studier av offentlig förvaltning
Nyckelord:
risk, riskhantering, riskkommunikation, riskanalys
Postens nummer:
139129
Posten skapad:
2011-04-14 17:27