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Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking

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Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking - Lyng, Stephen (Editor)
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What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk ...

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Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking 2004, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415932172

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Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking 2004, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415932165

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