Dealing in Uncertainty
Dealing in Uncertainty Insurance is an important - if still poorly understood - mechanism for dealing with a broad variety of risks associated with modern life. In doing so, it draws on over 40 oral…
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Dealing in Uncertainty
Insurance is an important - if still poorly understood - mechanism for dealing with a broad variety of risks associated with modern life. In doing so, it draws on over 40 oral history interviews to trace how the sector has changed since the 1970s, a period characterized by rampant financialization and neoliberalization. This book conducts an in-depth examination of one of the largest and longest-established private insurance industries in Europe: British life insurance.
Combining insights from science and technology studies and economic sociology, this is an unprecedented study of the evolution of insurance practices and an invaluable contribution to our understanding of financial