Risk and disaster in STS

Makoto Takahashi*

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Abstract

STS scholars have long been fascinated by both the controversies that novel risks and disasters generate and the interventions that they justify.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies
EditorsUlrike Felt, Alan Irwin
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Chapter27
Pages264-272
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781800377998
ISBN (Print)9781800377981
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Publication series

NameElgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin 2024.

Keywords

  • Controversy
  • Disaster
  • Risk
  • Slow disaster
  • State of exception
  • STS

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