World Risk Society
 Key essays by one of Europe's leading social and political theorists argue that a new frame of reference is needed to understand today's world risk society. Beck focuses on ecological and technological questions of risk, and their sociological and [... more]
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Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in ...
risk society towards a new modernity: The Book consists of two interrelated theses. one reflexive modernization and other issue of risk. The concept of risk is directly bound to the concept of reflexive modernization.It shows how classical modernization [... more]
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Home Ownership in a Risk Society: A Social Analysis of ...
Home Ownership in a Risk Society: A Social Analysis of Mortgage Arrears and Possessions [... more]
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Work, Family, and Leisure: Uncertainty in a Risk Society
Through in-depth interviews Work, Family, and Leisure Uncertainty in a Risk Society explores the life plans of advanced law and MBA students for work, family, and leisure. The study is contextualized by four ongoing late-twentieth century social [... more]
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Policing the Risk Society
'the most significant theoretical work on the police since Bittner's The Functions of the Police (1970).' -- Jerome H. Skolnick, Visiting Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New Yorkp'extends the risk [... more]
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Risk Society: Towards A New Modernity (published In ...
Risk Society: Towards A New Modernity (published In Association With Theory, Culture & Society) [... more]
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Work, Family, and Leisure: Uncertainty in a Risk Society
Through in-depth interviews Work, Family, and Leisure Uncertainty in a Risk Society explores the life plans of advanced law and MBA students for work, family, and leisure. The study is contextualized by four ongoing late-twentieth century social [... more]
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The Politics of Risk Society
We live in a runaway world. New patterns of risk and uncertainty threaten the stability of our traditional institutions. To make sense of these profound changes in our lives, and invent new politics for the twenty-first century, we must understand the [... more]
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Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution
DIVModern societies have been termed risk societies. Western culture obviously is unable to cope with too much uncertainty. Risk management has become a paradigm for good governance and prudent policies. Further sociological analysis reveals that those [... more]
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Beyond The Risk Society
In contemporary culture risk is ubiquitous, filtering through a range of activities, practices and experiences. In line with rising public concerns about the management of current threats - such as crime, terrorism and global warming - interest in risk [... more]
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Home Ownership in a Risk Society
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Justice in the Risk Society
How much of a threat does society's preoccupation with 'risk' pose to the ideal of 'justice'? Innovations in control and in penal policy are increasingly dominated by the theme of public protection, motivated by the aim of controlling risk rather than [... more]
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