The Risk Society and Beyond Critical Issues for Social Theory [Paperback]

Ulrich Beck's best selling Risk Society established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a reference point for state and local policies in risk management. The Risk Society and Beyond charts the progress of Beck's ideas and traces their evolution. It demonstrates why the issues raised by Beck reverberate widely throughout social theory and covers the new risks that Beck did not foresee, associated with the emergence of new technologies, genetic and cybernetic. The book is unique because it offers both an introduction to the main argUlrich Beck's best selling Risk Society established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a reference point for state and local policies in risk management. The Risk Society and Beyond charts the progress of Beck's ideas and traces their evolution. It demonstrates why the issues raised by Beck reverberate widely throughout social theory and covers the new risks that Beck did not foresee, associated with the emergence of new technologies, genetic and cybernetic. The book is unique because it offers both an introduction to the main argIntroduction - Barbara Adam and Joost van Loon
Repositioning Risk: The Challenge for Social Theory
PART ONE: RECASTING RISK CULTURE
Risk or Angst Society? - Alan Scott
Two Views of Risk, Consciousness and Community
Risk Culture - Scott Lash
Risk, Trust and Scepticism in the Age of New Genetics - Hilary Rose
PART TWO: CHALLENGING BIG SCIENCE
Nuclear Risks -l��