Trust and risk in a German chemical town

This article examines the relationship between trust and risk in one of the centres of the global chemical industry, Ludwigshafen in Germany. A single industry town associated for 150 years with BASF, the dominant outlook among those living or working there has been one of trust, confidence and prid...

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Published in:Ethnos 2005-09, Vol.70 (3), p.311-334
Main Authors: Phillimore, Peter, Bell, Patricia
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Chemical Industry
Environmental policy
environmental politics
Environmental problems
Environmental Sociology
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Human ecology and demography
Industrial pollution
Industrial towns
Large enterprises
Ludwigshafen
Polluted areas
Responsibility
Risk
Risks
Sociology
Trust
Trustworthiness
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Environmental policy
environmental politics
Environmental problems
Environmental Sociology
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Human ecology and demography
Industrial pollution
Industrial towns
Large enterprises
Ludwigshafen
Polluted areas
Responsibility
Risk
Risks
Sociology
Trust
Trustworthiness
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