Risk society and the distribution of bads: Theorizing class in the risk society

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-62

  Curran, Dean ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beck; Class; Distribution of bads; Reflexive modernization; Risk society

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGIC; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FOOD SUPPLY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874982754     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12004     Document Type: Article

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