Risk and 'the other' / Helene Joffe.

From earthquakes to epidemics, AIDS to war, the mass media bring into our lives the awareness of risk. But how do people respond to it? Using a social psychological framework, this book explores the phenomenon of a widespread sense of personal invulnerability when faced with risk: the 'not me&#...

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Main Author: Joffe, Helene
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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