Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil

Informationen zum Autor Ulrich Beck is one of the world's leading sociologists and social thinkers, well-known for his best-selling book Risk Society . He is Emeritus Professor at Munich and Professor of Sociology at the LSE. Klappentext Collection of articles published in leading European newspapers between 2009 and 2011. Zusammenfassung * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time! from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone! from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens! Barcelona! New York and elsewhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil 1. Mushrooms and Other Flowers of Capitalism 2. All aboard the Nuclear Power Superjet Ð Just Don't Ask about the Landing Strip 3. This Appalling Injustice! 4. Harm in Exchange for Money 5. Illegal World Citizens 6. The Cards of Power Are Being Reshuffled across the World 7. Felt Peace and Waged War 8. The Return of Social Darwinism or: Which University Do We Want? 9. A Kind of Berlin Wall Has Again Collapsed 10. German Euro-Nationalism 11. Beyond the Aeroplane 12. Global Domestic Politics from below: How Global Families Are Becoming Normal 13. The Environmental Storm on the Bastille 14. Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian 15. The Caterpillar's Mistake: Fukushima and the End of Nuclear Power 16. It's Time to Get Angry, Europe. Create the Europe of Citizens Now! 17. Powerless but Legitimate: the Occupy Movement in the Financial Crisis 18. Cooperate or Bust! The Existential Crisis of the European Union 19. What Is Meant by Global Domestic Politics? 20. The Five Self-Delusions of a Supposedly Unpolitical Age

Product details

• Authors: U Beck, Ulrich Beck, Ulrich (Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich) Beck, Beck Ulrich
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9780745653969
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-5396-9
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 21st Century, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social issues & processes, Politics and government, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Social and ethical issues, Cosmopolitan, Contemporary World, Sociology