| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 181 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge advances in sociology ; 74 |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; 74.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction and a short biography -- Risk society : the return of uncertainty -- The theory of second modernity : Ulrich Beck's diagnosis of contemporary modernity -- Individualization : doomed to live a life of one's own -- Globalization and cosmopolitanism : living in an interconnected world -- Sociology, science, and politics in second modernity -- The third industrial revolution: the end of full employment society -- Critique of Ulrich Beck's sociology -- Bibliography of Ulrich Beck |
| Summary |
Since the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologist's collected works. The book covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism. Focusing on the theory outlined in Beck's chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second m |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-177) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015 -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Beck, Ulrich, 1944-2015 fast |
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Social change.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Risk perception.
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Civilization, Modern
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Political and social views
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Risk perception
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Social change
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Christiansen, Allan
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| LC no. |
2012001668 |
| ISBN |
9780203107928 |
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0203107926 |
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9781136263590 |
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1136263594 |
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