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Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society

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9780415693691

Ulrich Beck: An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society

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  • ISBN 13:

    9780415693691

  • ISBN 10:

    0415693691

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 07/27/2012
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Ulrich Beck. An introduction to the theory of the risk society and second modernityis a complete introduction to the sociology of German sociologist Ulrich Beck. The book covers the whole of Beck'¬"s work from his first publications in the 1970s until his latest publications in 2010/11. It covers his sociology of work, his theories of individualization, globalization and subpolitics, his world famous theory of the risk society and second modernity as well as his latest work on cosmopolitanism. The book also contains a short biography, a critique of his theory of the risk society as well as a complete bibliography of his German and English publications (books and articles in journals). Throughout the book Becks work is compared with other leading contemporary and classical sociologists.

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