Risk - A Sociological Theory

Informationen zum Autor Niklas Luhmann Klappentext A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research Zusammenfassung A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to the AldineTransaction Edition, Introduction, Chapter 1 The Concept of Risk, Chapter 2 The Future as Risk, Chapter 3 Time Binding: Material and Social Aspects, Chapter 4 The Risk of Observing and the Coding of Function Systems, Chapter 5 The Special Case of High Technology, Chapter 6 Decision Makers and Those Affected, Chapter 7 Protest Movements, Chapter 8 Demands on Politics, Chapter 9 Risk in the Economic System, Chapter 10 Risky Behaviour in Organizations, Chapter 11 And Science?, Chapter 12 Second-Order Observation, Index

List of contents

Introduction to the AldineTransaction Edition, Introduction, Chapter 1 The Concept of Risk, Chapter 2 The Future as Risk, Chapter 3 Time Binding: Material and Social Aspects, Chapter 4 The Risk of Observing and the Coding of Function Systems, Chapter 5 The Special Case of High Technology, Chapter 6 Decision Makers and Those Affected, Chapter 7 Protest Movements, Chapter 8 Demands on Politics, Chapter 9 Risk in the Economic System, Chapter 10 Risky Behaviour in Organizations, Chapter 11 And Science?, Chapter 12 Second-Order Observation, Index

Product details

• Authors: Rhodes Barrell, Gollhard Bechmann, Niklas Luhmann, Nico Stehr
• Assisted by: Rhodes Barrett (Translation)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2005
• EAN: 9780202307640
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30764-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Communication & Social Order
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works