Risk, power, and inequality in the 21st century /
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | ix, 185 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-175) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781137495563 1137495561 |
Index Number: | HM1101 |
CLC: | C912.6 |
Call Number: | C912.6/C976-1 |
Contents: | Preface -- Which risk society, and for whom? -- The sociology of risk and the ineliminability of realism -- Risk society and systematic social theory -- Thinking with Bourdieu, Marx, and Weber to analyse contemporary inequalities and class -- Risk society and the distribution of bads -- Risk illusion and organized irresponsibility in contemporary finance -- Conclusion: beyond the quiet politics of risk. |