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The Politics of Risk Society

by Jane Franklin
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Navigating uncertainties for a new age.

"The Politics of Risk Society" offers valuable insights into the changing nature of our society and how we perceive and manage risks in our everyday lives. It provides a nuanced understanding of risk, from personal relationships to global issues such as climate change, and how we integrate these risks into our decision-making processes. The book features contributions from leading figures in sociology, politics, and social policy, making it an important read for students and scholars interested in these fields. The book's unique feature is that it highlights the importance of engaging with people's lived experiences to develop effective policies for a new age. Overall, this book offers a compelling analysis of the challenges facing our society and provides a roadmap for our future.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Politics of Risk Society

by Jane Franklin
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ISBN: 9780745619255
Authors: Jane Franklin
Publisher: Polity
Date of Publication: 1997-12-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Sociology
Related Topics: Political Science, Sociology, Theory, Politics, Sociology, Social Issues
Goodreads rating: 3.17
(rated by 6 readers)

Description

We live in a runaway world. New patterns of risk and uncertainty threaten the stability of our traditional institutions. To make sense of these profound changes in our lives, and invent new politics for the twenty-first century, we must understand the dynamic forces which are transforming our society. The Politics of Risk Society opens a dialog between Ulrich Beck's sociology of Risk Society and key thinkers and opinion leaders from the world of politics and policy making. It explores the way we perceive risk and integrate change into our lives - insisting that these are essential forces driving policy development today. A new politics must engage actively with people's lived experience. Contributions from Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Susie Orbach, John Gray, Ray Pahl, Martin Woollacott, Anna Coote, Patricia Hewitt and others explore the daily experience of risk - from intimate relationships to global warming - and offer their analysis and insight into how we understand this changing world. This book captures part of the spirit of the age and will be of absorbing interest to students of sociology, politics and social policy.
 

Navigating uncertainties for a new age.

"The Politics of Risk Society" offers valuable insights into the changing nature of our society and how we perceive and manage risks in our everyday lives. It provides a nuanced understanding of risk, from personal relationships to global issues such as climate change, and how we integrate these risks into our decision-making processes. The book features contributions from leading figures in sociology, politics, and social policy, making it an important read for students and scholars interested in these fields. The book's unique feature is that it highlights the importance of engaging with people's lived experiences to develop effective policies for a new age. Overall, this book offers a compelling analysis of the challenges facing our society and provides a roadmap for our future.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.