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Risk society and beyond traces the evolution of Ulrich Beck''s ideas as expressed in Risk Society (1992) and expands into previously unforeseen risk areas, such as genetics and cyberspace.'

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Author:   Barbara Adam ,  Ulrich Beck ,  Joost Van Loon
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780761964681

ISBN 10:   0761964681
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   25 May 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Barbara Adam and Joost van Loon Repositioning Risk: The Challenge for Social Theory PART ONE: RECASTING RISK CULTURE Risk or Angst Society? - Alan Scott Two Views of Risk, Consciousness and Community Risk Culture - Scott Lash Risk, Trust and Scepticism in the Age of New Genetics - Hilary Rose PART TWO: CHALLENGING BIG SCIENCE Nuclear Risks - Alan Irwin, Stuart Allan and Ian Welsh Three Problematics Genotechnology - Lindsay Prior, Peter Glasner and Ruth McNally Three Challenges to Risk Legitimation Health and Responsibility - Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim From Social Change to Technological Change and Vice Versa PART THREE: MEDIATING TECHNOLOGIES OF RISK Child Organ Stealing Stories - Claudia Castaneda Risk, Rumour and Reproductive Technologies Liturgies of Fear - Howard Caygill Biotechnology and Culture Virtual Risks in an Age of Cybernetic Reproduction - Joost van Loon PART FOUR: P(L)AYING FOR FUTURES Information, Instantaneity and Global Futures Trading - Deirdre Boden Discourses of Risk and Utopia - Ruth Levitas Risk Society Revisited - Ulrich Beck Theory, Politics and Research Programmes

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My primary expertise is in the area of social and socio-environmental time. I have developed this perspective over the last three decades during which I have worked the time dimension into the following areas of conceptual and empirical social science research: culture, education, environment, environmental economics, food, globalisation, gender, health, international relations, management, media, risk, technological innovation, transport and work. Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich. He is the author of Counterpoison (1991) and Ecological Enlightenment (1992).

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