Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society
Author:   Mads Sørensen (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Allan Christiansen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415693691


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society


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Author:   Mads Sørensen (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Allan Christiansen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780415693691


ISBN 10:   0415693691
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface. 1. Introduction and a Short Biography 2. Risk Society: The Return of Uncertainty 3. The Theory of Second Modernity: Ulrich Beck’s Diagnosis of Contemporary Modernity 4. Individualization: Doomed to Live a Life of One’s Own 5. Globalization and Cosmopolitanism: Living in an Interconnected World 6. Sociology, Science and Politics in Second Modernity 7. The Third Industrial Revolution: The End of Full Employment Society 8. Critique of Ulrich Beck’s Sociology. Bibliography of Ulrich Beck.

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Mads P. Sørensen is senior researcher at the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University. He is author and co-author of several books, book chapters and journal articles on – among others – Ulrich Beck, subpolitics, political consumerism, Karl Marx and Adam Smith. Allan Christiansen is Head of Development and Coaching in a major Danish industrial group and is also part-time lecturer at the Department of Business Communication, Aarhus University, Business and Social Science.

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