Risk Society and Reflexive Modernization

Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty: An Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 18-51

  Zinn, Jens O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemological status of risk; From risk society and individualization to reflexive modernization; Political within risk society and reflexive modernization; Power of new risks enforced risk society; Risk society and reflexive modernization; Risks and uncertainties in reflexive modernity; Self transformation of social institutional individualism; Term "risk society" coined by Beck in his book Risk Society Towards A New Modernity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889274879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301489.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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