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Edgework:

The Sociology Of Risk-Taking
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Stephen Lyng
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Routledge, 2005 - Social Science - 297 pages
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 through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks, and extreme sport.
  

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RISK, JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT
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About the author (2005)

Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociology and the Real World.

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TitleEdgework: The Sociology Of Risk-Taking
EditorStephen Lyng
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2005
ISBN0415932173, 9780415932172
Length297 pages
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