Safe or Free?: Comparative Analysis of Media Discourses on Security - Paperback

by Petra Guasti (Editor), Zdenka Mansfeldová (Editor)

One of the biggest dilemmas of our times is how much safety and security we desire and what price we are prepared to pay for it. By applying and advancing the methods of social research this book fills the gap in the study of security and security risks by analyzing unique data (media, survey, macro data) of transnational security issues in three areas of critical infrastructure - air transport, public transport and energy provision networks.

Author Biography

Dr. Petra Guasti is a researcher/senior lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, PragueDr. Zdenka Mansfeldová is a senior scholar at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague