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Ulrich Beck's best selling <b>Risk Society</b> established risk on the sociological agenda. It brought together a wide range of issues centering on environmental, health and personal risk, provided a rallying ground for researchers and activists in a variety of social movements and acted as a reference point for state and local policies in risk management. <b> The Risk Society and Beyond</b> charts the progress of Beck's ideas and traces their evolution. It demonstrates why the issues raised by
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- Author
- Barbara Adam, Ulrich Beck, and Joost van Loon
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781282020535
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, Psychology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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