30 research outputs found
Movimentos sociais e análise organizacional: explorando possibilidades a partir da teoria de frames e a de oportunidades políticas
Clinical variables and implications of the personality on the outcome of bipolar illness: a pilot study
What leads a movement to disband? Frictions within the Kopi Badati movement, Ambon, Indonesia
Circulating Stem Cell Collection in Lymphoma and Myeloma after Mobilization with Cyclophosphamide and Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor for Autologous Transplantation
Role of interferon alfa-2b in the induction and maintenance treatment of low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: results from a prospective, multicenter trial with double randomization.
Views of risk in Sweden : Global fatalism and local control. An empirical investigation of Ulrich Beck´s theory of modern risks.
Ulrich Beck's theory of risk society has been criticised because there is lack of empirical evidence. By comparing people with different life contexts and experiences, the aim of this study was to investigate how these people view risk, and if 'new' risks are perceived differently by different groups in society. Five focus-group interviews were conducted in Sweden, in 2004/05, with people in rural and urban areas, people with a foreign background and experts. The groups consisted of four people each and lasted for two hours. The results show that 'new' risks are not something people worry about; 'risk' is associated with personal experiences and life context. This indicates a traditional or at least modern way of viewing risk, and contradicts the idea of a reflexive view of risk. However, a division between the urban versus the rural-migrant groups appears: the expert-urban groups show a more global - fatalistic strategy to handle of risk, while the rural - migrant group shows a more traditional approach to risk, where control and the local context are in focus