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BL
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635345
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Risikogesellschaft.English
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Beck, Ulrich,1944-2015
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Risk society : : towards a new modernity /\ Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter
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| Series Statement
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Theory, culture & society
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260 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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080398345X
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: 9780803983458
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: 0803983468
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: 9780803983465
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction / Scott Lash and Brian Wynne -- Part I: Living on the volcano of civilization: the contours of the risk society. On the logic of wealth distribution and risk distribution ; The politics of knowledge in the risk society -- Part II: The individualization of social inequality: life forms and the demise of tradition. Beyond status and class? ; 'I am I': gendered space and conflict inside and outside the family ; Individualization, institutionalization and standardization: life situations and biographical patterns ; Destandardization of labor -- Part III: Reflexive modernization: on the generalization of science and politics. Science beyond truth and enlightenment? ; Opening up the political
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"Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict."--Publisher's description
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Risk-- Sociological aspects
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Technology-- Social aspects
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Progress
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Social structure
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Industries-- Environmental aspects
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Progress, Congresses
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Technology-- sociology
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| Dewey Classification
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306
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HM201.B3913 1992
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| Added Entry
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Ritter, Mark
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