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Live In The Civilization Of The Volcano

Posted on:2007-08-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X R WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360185983589Subject:Sociology
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SARS and Bird Flu have caused panic to the infectious disease all over the world. In comparison with SARS and Bird Flu, Coalmine disaster was mainly caused by contrived factors. Therefore, analysis of the reasons why caused coalmine disaster can open out the hidden trouble with safety during the transformation times in order to prevent from more disaster. Similarly, other safety including food safety, medicine safety, production safety, environment safety and life safety are mainly caused by contrived factors as well.The Germany sociologist Becker and British sociologist Giddens pointed out the modern society has entered a risk society, zoological disaster, population explosion, nucleus threat have become the direct hidden trouble with safety. The Chinese scholars such as Zheng Hangsheng, Hong dayong, Feng biyang, Deng Yuanzhu report that China is facing more hidden trouble during the transformation period such as unemployment, differences between the rich and the poor, trust crisis, hidden trouble with population structure.Every year in the past 5 years, there were approximate 6000 people died in coalmine disaster happened in medium-small coal mines in the past, but recently it often occurred in large-medium coal mines. Moreover, the frequency of disaster occurrence is becoming increased every year. Sudden huge profits, overfufilling, gas explosion are the three main direct reasons why caused coalmine disaster.The social reasons causing coalmine disaster are as follows:Unilaterally seeking economic profits and meanwhile ignore the life and health of miners. The corruption behavior between local officials and the coal mine operators.Legislation lag and failure to enforce the lawThe coal mine operators draw water to their mill and the worker's position in production is going down.Standard crisisLack of emergency measures when accidents occur.The coalmine disaster brought about loss or injury of life, loss of property, conflict between employer and employee. Furthermore, it has increased further the differences...
Keywords/Search Tags:coalmine disaster, social safety, social risk, social transformation
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