Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution - Hardcover
Modern societies have been termed risk societies. Western culture obviously is unable to cope with too much uncertainty. Risk management has become a paradigm for good governance and prudent policies. Further sociological analysis reveals that those who stand in for the fight against risks often turn out to be the ones who cause them. We therefore not only need to rethink our concepts of accountability; we also need to sharpen our political tools of defence against imminent threats.
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INGO K. RICHTER is Emeritus Professor of Law at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. He was previously Director of the German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany. His most recent publication is Die sieben Todsünden der Bildungspolitik (The Seven Deadly Sins of Educational Policy).
SABINE BERKING is a Researcher at the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany. She teaches Cultural Studies at the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Berlin, Germany, and is a regular contributor to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
RALF MÜLLER-SCHMID is a Researcher at the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany, and works as editor for the the German national radio station, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
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SABINE BERKING is a Researcher at the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany. She teaches Cultural Studies at the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Berlin, Germany, and is a regular contributor to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
RALF MÜLLER-SCHMID is a Researcher at the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany, and works as editor for the the German national radio station, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
Modern societies have been termed 'risk societies' and risk management has become a paradigm for good governance. Industrialized states seek to banish uncertainty, and by adopting a culture of precaution, expect to be able to contain the most threatening aspects of an indeterminate future. This fascinating collection, including an international array of contributors, examines the key 'threats' to society and subjects the public perception of uncertainty to sociological analysis.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1403996954
- ISBN 13 9781403996954
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages268
- EditorRichter I., Berking S., Müller-Schmid R.
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