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Informationen zum Autor Professor Scott Lash is the Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, as well as a a project leader in the Goldsmiths Media Research Programme. He is a leading name within sociology and cultural studies, has written numerous books and articles over the last twenty years, and is currently the managing editor for the journal Theory, Culture and Society . I currently teach the twin courses FASS507, Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Science, and SOCL922, Philosophies of Social Science. I also teach a block on SOCL101, Introduction to Sociology. Klappentext This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in `risk societies'. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in `risk societies'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Bronislaw Szerszynski, Scott Lash and Brian Wynne Ecology, Realism and the Social Sciences PART ONE: ENVIRONMENT, KNOWLEDGE AND INDETERMINACY: BEYOND MODERNIST ECOLOGY? Risk Society and Provident State - Ulrich Beck May the Sheep Safely Graze? A Reflexive View of the Expert-Lay Knowledge Divide - Brian Wynne Re-vision - Barbara Adam The Centrality of Time for an Ecological Social Sciences Perspective On Knowing What to Do - Bronislaw Szerszynski Environmentalism and the Modern Problematic PART TWO: RISK AND THE SELF: ENCOUNTERS AND RESPONSES Life as a Planning Project - Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim Individualization at Work - Marco Diani Occupational Identity and Office Automation The Tears inside the Stone - John Maguire Reflections on the Ecology of Fear Solitary Individualization - Helmuth Berking The Moral Impact of Cultural Modernization in Late Modernity PART THREE: THE POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: EXHAUSTION OR RENEWAL? The Institutionalization of Environmentalism - Klaus Eder Ecological Discourse and the Second Transformation of the Public Sphere The Shaping of the Global Environmental Agenda - Andrew Jamison The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations Ecological Modernization as Cultural Politics - Maarten A Hajer Environmental Knowledge and Public Policy Needs - Robin Grove-White On Humanising the Research Agenda ...
