Search for dissertations about: "Jana Fromm"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Jana Fromm.

  2. 1. Risk denial and neglect : studies in risk perception

    Author : Jana Fromm; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The thesis Risk Denial and Neglect: Studies in Risk Perception examines societal and individual attention to risks and focuses especially on the issue of neglect. Why do some risks get more attention than other risks and how is this difference in attention related to experts’ roles in society? What can explain people’s tendency to perceive risks as more pertinent to other people? These are some of the issues that are discussed in the thesis. READ MORE