Cosmopolitanized Nations: Re-imagining Collectivity in World Risk Society

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 3-31

  Beck, Ulrich ^a   Levy, Daniel ^b  

^a Institute of Sociology University Leipzig   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmopolitanism; mass media; methodological nationalism; nationalism; world risk society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874498495     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412457223     Document Type: Article

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