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Author

Srensen, Mads Peter.

Title Ulrich Beck [electronic resource] : an introduction to the theory of second modernity and the risk society / Mads P. Srensen and Allan Christiansen.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xxi, 181 p. : ill.
Series	Routledge advances in sociology ; 74
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Beck, Ulrich, 1944- -- Political and social views.
	Social change.
	Civilization, Modern.
	Risk perception.
	Risk-taking (Psychology)
	Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Christiansen, Allan.
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780415693691 (hardback)
	9780203107928 (electronic bk.)