Risk, environment and modernity: towards a new ecology

by Lash, Scott Szerszynski, Bronislaw Wynne, Brian

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This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'risk societies'.

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Full title :Risk, environment and modernity : towards a new ecology / edited by Scott Lash, Bronislaw Szerszynski and Brian Wynne.

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Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781848609570, 1848609574, 9781446221983, 1446221989, 128388075X, 9781283880756, 0585343705, 9780585343709
oclc:ocm47008918
LC Classification:GE170
Dewey Decimal:363.7

Introduction: Ecology, Realism and the Social Sciences / Bronislaw Szerszynski, Scott Lash and Brian Wynne -- 1. Risk Society and the Provident State / Ulrich Beck -- 2. May the Sheep Safely Graze? A Reflexive View of the Expert-Lay Knowledge Divide / Brian Wynne -- 3. Re-vision: The Centrality of Time for an Ecological Social Science Perspective / Barbara Adam -- 4. On Knowing What to Do: Environmentalism and the Modern Problematic / Bronislaw Szerszynski -- 5. Life as a Planning Project / Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- 6. Individualisation at Work: Occupational Identity and Office Automation / Marco Diani -- 7. The Tears Inside the Stone: Reflections on the Ecology of Fear / John Maguire -- 8. Solidary Individualism: The Moral Impact of Cultural Modernisation in Late Modernity / Helmuth Berking -- 9. The Institutionalisation of Environmentalism: Ecological Discourse and the Second Transformation of the Public Sphere / Klaus Eder.

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Aufsatzsammlung Culturele ecologie Écologie -- Sociologie Écologisme -- Congrès Environment environmental policy Environmental risk assessment Environnement -- Évaluation du risque Environnement -- Politique gouvernement… Milieuvraagstuk POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy Politique de l'environnement -- Congrès Risikogesellschaft SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see a… Sociologie du risque -- Congrès Sozialökologie Soziologie Umweltgefährdung Umweltpolitik