‘Risk Society: Towards a new modernity’.

‘Risk can be identified and controlled. Therefore all industrial disasters are preventable’ – Discuss.

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using 2 case study
*Bhopal​ Tragedy​ disaster
*Deep Water horizon. ​I will attach the ​ sample for the practice​ essay.
2000 words.
Harvard​ referencing​ style.

  1. Introduction
    What is your position in relation to the question?
    What are the key theories that you would use to answer the question?
    What is the structure of your essay? (This means in which sections you would address the essay question)
  2. Conceptual framework Or systematic literature review
    Define the key terminologies to be used
    Engage in critical debate on the key theories in order to push forward your argument in relation to your essay question in hand.
    Signpost how this critical debate will help you to answer the essay question in hand and where. (Here you may refer to a case study/s in case you are planning to use. This will allow you to maintain the continuity between the sections and paragraphs - this is extremely important.
  3. Case study (two)
    Brief description on the chosen case (general facts- when, what, how and where it happened in no more than two/three paragraphs)
  4. Analytical section (here you may have two or three sub-sections with meaningful titles)
  • How this case study enlightens the theories in hand
  • How this case study answers your essay question
  1. Conclusion
    Summarise what you have found in relation to your research question and how you have answered it
  2. Bibliography (NOT REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE)
    In your essay, you must organize​ them alphabetically and they should align with the in-house reference style.

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