[citation needed] Social Risk Positions are social positions that are dictated by the ability to avert risk.
They are largely dependent on an individual’s ability to access knowledge[citation needed].
Because manufactured risk is often imperceptible to the bare human senses, social risk position must be gained by creating networks of knowledge with other humans who have a greater access to risk information.
Beck, Ulrich (1992) Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity.
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