Hervé Corvellec
Professor
A relational theory of risk
Författare
Summary, in English
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.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
175-190
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Risk Research
Volym
14
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- social practice
- culture
- risk theory
- value
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1366-9877