Western Society in Transition
An enormous acceleration of history has occurred in the current decade, thereby radically changing world society in many respects. The core countries - grouped around the triad formed by the United States, Japan, and the European Union - have experienced successive waves of change marked by phases of ascent, unfolding, and decay of societal models. What seemed stable and predictable in past decades came close to collapse or broke down entirely. As a result, we are now living through a crisis of legitimation characterized by acute contradictions. A new order, with a fresh, basic consensus around an overarching set of norms that allows problems…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-29311-2
- EAN: 9781351293112
- Produktnummer: 31318648
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 451 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Volker Bernschier is Professor in the Institute for Sociology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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