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context, insurance presents seemingly endless research opportunities – but
not necessarily ones that permit neat answers to problematic phenomena
such as underinsurance. Although our authors effectively illustrate key
dimensions of insurance and insurability, the revealed complexity signposts
a messiness and a boundlessness that can make insurance and underinsurance elusive research subjects.
References
Booth, K 2021, ‘Critical insurance studies: Some geographic directions’, Progress in
Human Geography, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1295–1310.
Booth, K & Harwood, A 2016, ‘Insurance as catastrophe: A geography of house and
contents insurance in a bushfire prone area’, Geoforum, vol. 69, pp. 44–52.
Law, J & Singleton, V 2005, ‘Object lessons’, Organisation, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 331–355.
Pearson, R 2012, ‘United Kingdom: Pioneering insurance internationally’, In:
Borscheid, P & Haueter, N.V (eds.) World insurance: The evolution of a global risk
network, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67–97.
context, insurance presents seemingly endless research opportunities – but
not necessarily ones that permit neat answers to problematic phenomena
such as underinsurance. Although our authors effectively illustrate key
dimensions of insurance and insurability, the revealed complexity signposts
a messiness and a boundlessness that can make insurance and underinsurance elusive research subjects.
References
Booth, K 2021, ‘Critical insurance studies: Some geographic directions’, Progress in
Human Geography, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1295–1310.
Booth, K & Harwood, A 2016, ‘Insurance as catastrophe: A geography of house and
contents insurance in a bushfire prone area’, Geoforum, vol. 69, pp. 44–52.
Law, J & Singleton, V 2005, ‘Object lessons’, Organisation, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 331–355.
Pearson, R 2012, ‘United Kingdom: Pioneering insurance internationally’, In:
Borscheid, P & Haueter, N.V (eds.) World insurance: The evolution of a global risk
network, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67–97.