{"product_id":"the-risk-society-revisited-9781439902585","title":"The Risk Society Revisited","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMakes an important contribution to the literature of risk research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Risk Society as Political Category, by Ulrich Beck Preface  Acknowledgments   Introduction: Sketching the Contemporary Era   Part I. Social Science Foundations of Risk 1  Meta-Theoretical Foundations 2  An Evolution of Risk: Why Social Science Is Needed to Understand Risk   Part II. Risk and Social Theory 3  Overarching Perspective: The Rational Action Framework 4  Refl exive Modernization Theory and Risk: The Work of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens 5  Risk in Systems: The Work of Niklas Luhmann 6  Jürgen Habermas and Risk: An Alternative to RAP?   Part III. Risk Governance: Links between Theory and Strategy 7 The Emergence of Systemic Risks 8 The Three Companions of Risk: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity 9 Risk Governance: A Synthesis 10 An Analytic-Deliberative Process: A Proposal for Better Risk Governance   Conclusion: Risk Governance as a Catalyst for Social Theory and Praxis   References Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408303006039,"sku":"9781439902585","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439902585.jpg?v=1730502354","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-risk-society-revisited-9781439902585","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}