Social theories of risk and uncertainty : an introduction /
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008. |
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| Description: | x, 252 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6833049 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: The Contribution of Sociology to the Discourse on Risk and Uncertainty
- Why Theorize Risk and Uncertainty?
- The Conceptualization of Risk
- The Historical Development of the Notion of "Risk"
- The Sociological Contribution to Interdisciplinary Risk Research
- Sociological Streams of Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty
- 2. Risk Society and Reflexive Modernization
- From Risk Society and Individualization to Reflexive Modernization
- The Power of New Risks: the Enforced Risk Society
- The Self-Transformation of the Social: Institutional Individualism
- The Political within Risk Society and Reflextive Modernization
- Risks and Uncertainties in Reflexive Modernity
- Critique
- Perspectives
- Further Reading
- 3. Governmentality and Risk
- Risk in the Development of Governmentality
- From Risk to "the Risk Society"?
- Risk and Liberal Governmentality
- Risk and Uncertainty
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 4. Systems Theory and Risk
- Modernity, Decision Making, and Risk
- The Time Dimension: Modernity
- The Material Dimension: Risk and Danger
- The Social Dimension: Conflicts
- Beyond Classical Topics of Risk Research
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- 5. Edgework, Risk, and Uncertainty
- Voluntary Risk Taking in Late Modernity
- Development of the Edgework Concept
- Theorizing Edgework
- The Structural Context of Voluntary Risk Taking
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 6. Culture and Risk
- Mary Douglas and Cultural Boundaries
- Ulrich Beck and Risk Society
- Risk and Governmentality
- Critical Realism and Left Criminology
- The Writer as Risk Victim and Academic
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- 7. A Comparison of Sociological Theorizing on Risk and Uncertainty
- Theoretical Contexts of Risk Theorizing
- Epistemology of Risk
- The Theoretical Positioning of Risk
- Promises, Pitfalls, and Perspectives of Risk Theorizing
- Glossary
- References
- Index
