World at Risk
Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. During the last two decades, the dangers highlighted by Beck have taken on new forms and assumed ever greater significance. Terrorism has shifted to a global arena, financial crises have produced worldwide consequences that are difficult to control and politicians have been forced to accept that climate change is not idle speculation. In short, we have come to see that today we live in a world at risk.A new feature of our world risk society is that risk is…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7456-4201-7
- EAN: 9780745642017
- Produktnummer: 4000178
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.1 cm 424 g
- Gewicht: 424
Über den Autor
Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich.
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