The Risk Society and Beyond

1st Edition

Critical Issues for Social Theory

eISBN-13: 9781446222676

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Ulrich Beck′s best selling Risk Society established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a reference point for state and local policies in risk management. The Risk Society and Beyond charts the progress of Beck′s ideas and traces their evolution. It demonstrates why the issues raised by Beck reverberate widely throughout social theory and covers the new risks that Beck did not foresee, associated with the emergence of new technologies, genetic and cybernetic. The book is unique because it offers both an introduction to the main arguments in Risk Society and develops a range of critical discussions of aspects of this and other works of Beck.

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ISBNs 1446222675, 9780761964681, 9781446222676, 0761964681, 9780761964681, 1849202060, 9781849202060, 9780761964698
Language eng
Number of Pages 240
Edition 1st