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Ulrich Beck : A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society

London ; Sterling, Va : Pluto Press, 2004 [©2004]

1 online resource (240 pages)

Englisch

Mapping the risk societyRisk and the environment -- Defining risk -- Mediating risk -- Perceiving risk -- Living with risk -- Risk, reflexivity, and trust -- The politics of risk.

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Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-84964-125-8 ; 0-7453-1815-0 ; 0-7453-1814-2 (pbk.); 978-0-7453-1815-8

978-0-7453-1815-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

687312027

HM1101

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LOC-SH: Social structure ; Industries -- Environmental aspects ; Technology -- Social aspects ; Risk -- Sociological aspects ; Beck, Ulrich -- 1944- -- Risikogesellschaft ; Progress

Beck, Ulrich ; 1944- ; Risikogesellschaft ; Industries ; Environmental aspects ; Progress ; Risk ; Sociological aspects ; Social structure ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Mapping the Risk Society -- 2 Risk and the Environment -- 3 Defining Risk -- 4 Mediating Risk -- 5 Perceiving Risk -- 6 Living with Risk -- 7 Risk, Reflexivity and Trust -- 8 The Politics of Risk -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.