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The Reconstitution of Risk Objects

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This paper examines the relationship of risk and power through a critical analysis of Crew Endurance Management, an initiative directed at enhancing maritime safety and efficiency. The paper argues that the initiative applies rhetorics of choice and self-discipline to unite morality with risk, thus casting merchant mariners as risk objects in the shipping industry. This objectification relies on differentials in power rooted in differentially-valued discourses that delegitimize some kinds of expertise. At the same time, deploying alternative rhetorics keyed to the anxieties of other levels of society allows risk objects to resist their objectification by shifting the relevant social scale for considering risk. The paper concludes by suggesting that imperatives for both productivity and safety will expand the workspace by expanding, through emphasis on personal choices, the environment in which workers must be concerned about risk reduction.

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  • James Kendra, 2007. "The Reconstitution of Risk Objects," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 29-48, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:10:y:2007:i:1:p:29-48
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870600995931
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    1. Anna E. Wolnowska & Lech Kasyk, 2021. "Identification of Threats in the Supply Chain of a Production Process," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(2B), pages 568-587.

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