Ontological Security and the Global Risk Environment: A Case Study of Risk and Risk Perception in the Tourist-Dependent Township of Akaroa

This thesis is about global catastrophic risks and the conscious effect of such risks at the level of everyday life. Utilising R. D. Laing's concept of "ontological security", this thesis questions the extent to which risks that loom in the global environment cause a sense of ontologi...

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Main Author: Nuth, Michael John
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/988