The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Risk Governance
Autor Eugene Rosa, Aaron McCright, Ortwin Rennen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 dec 2013
Risk is a part of life. How we handle uncertainty and deal with potential threats influence decision making throughout our lives. In The Risk Society Revisited, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright offer the first book to present an integrated theory of risk and governance.
The authors examine our sociological understanding of risk and how we reconcile modern human conditions with our handling of risk in our quest for improved quality of life. They build a new framework for understanding risk—one that provides an innovative connection between social theory and the governance of technological and environmental risks and the sociopolitical challenges they pose for a sustainable future.
Showing how our consciousness affects risk in the decisions we make—as individuals and as members of a democratic society—The Risk Society Revisited makes an important contribution to the literature of risk research.
The authors examine our sociological understanding of risk and how we reconcile modern human conditions with our handling of risk in our quest for improved quality of life. They build a new framework for understanding risk—one that provides an innovative connection between social theory and the governance of technological and environmental risks and the sociopolitical challenges they pose for a sustainable future.
Showing how our consciousness affects risk in the decisions we make—as individuals and as members of a democratic society—The Risk Society Revisited makes an important contribution to the literature of risk research.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781439902585
ISBN-10: 1439902585
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Temple University Press
Colecția Temple University Press
ISBN-10: 1439902585
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Temple University Press
Colecția Temple University Press
Notă biografică
Eugene A. Rosa (1941-2013) was the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, Professor of Sociology, Affiliated Professor of Fine Arts, and Faculty Associate in the Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach at Washington State University.
Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University (Germany). He directs the Stuttgart Research Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies at Stuttgart University (ZIRIUS) and the non-profit organization DIALOGIK, dedicated to facilitate the dialogue between science, technology, and society.
Aaron M. McCright is Associate Professor of Sociology in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Sociology, and the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University.
Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University (Germany). He directs the Stuttgart Research Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies at Stuttgart University (ZIRIUS) and the non-profit organization DIALOGIK, dedicated to facilitate the dialogue between science, technology, and society.
Aaron M. McCright is Associate Professor of Sociology in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Sociology, and the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University.
Cuprins
Foreword: 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