Ulrich Beck an introduction to the theory of second modernity and the risk society /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sørensen, Mads Peter
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Christiansen, Allan
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge advances in sociology ; 74
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction and a short biography
  • Risk society : the return of uncertainty
  • The theory of second modernity : Ulrich Beck's diagnosis of contemporary modernity
  • Individualization : doomed to live a life of one's own
  • Globalization and cosmopolitanism : living in an interconnected world
  • Sociology, science, and politics in second modernity
  • The third industrial revolution: the end of full employment society
  • Critique of Ulrich Beck's sociology
  • Bibliography of Ulrich Beck