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  2. Risk society - Wikipedia

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    According to the British sociologist Anthony Giddens, a risk society is "a society increasingly preoccupied with the future (and also with safety), which generates the notion of risk", [3] whilst the German sociologist Ulrich Beck defines it as "a systematic way of dealing with hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernisation itself".

  3. Ulrich Beck - Wikipedia

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    Ulrich Beck (15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015) was a German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. [citation needed] His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in the modern age, and he coined the terms "risk society" and "second modernity" or "reflexive modernization".

  4. Second modernity - Wikipedia

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    Second modernity is a phrase coined by the German sociologist Ulrich Beck, and is his word for the period after modernity. Where modernity broke down agricultural society in favour of industrial society, second modernity transforms industrial society into a new and more reflexive network society or information society. [1]

  5. Reflexive modernization - Wikipedia

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    Reflexive modernization is a process of modernization that is characteristic of risk society whereby progress is achieved through reorganization and "reform". Science and technology as it is used for the purpose of reflexive modernization is less concerned with expanding the resource base , but rather with re-evaluating that which is already ...

  6. Social risk positions - Wikipedia

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    citation needed] Social Risk Positions are social positions that are dictated by the ability to avert risk. They are largely dependent on an individual’s ability to access knowledge [ citation needed ] .

  7. Frank Furedi - Wikipedia

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    Furedi frequently appears in the media, expressing his view that Western societies have become obsessed with risk. He writes regularly for Spiked. He has also written several books on the subject of risk, offering a counterpoint to the analyses of Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck, including Paranoid Parenting, Therapy Culture, and Culture of Fear.

  8. 1990s in sociology - Wikipedia

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    Ulrich Beck's Ecological Politics in the Age of Risk is published. [65] Walden Bello founded Focus on the Global South in Bangkok, Thailand. [66] Raymond Boudon's Le Juste et le vrai is published. [67] Colin Crouch's Reinventing collective action: from the global to the local is published. [68]

  9. Anthony Giddens - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens MAE (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year.