Insecure Times - Living With Insecurity in Modern Society

Zusatztext 'Essential reading for students studying contemporary societies. Interesting and accessible for students and incorporates good case study material plus empirical analysis' - Jo Brayford! University of Plymouth Informationen zum Autor The editors are lecturers at the University of Newcastle. Klappentext At a time when families break up and employment is often short-term, society is increasingly forced to operate against a background of insecurity. Insecure Times looks at how this sense of risk and instability has affected the major institutions of social life. With examples and research taken from a range of European and North American societies today, this innovative text on contemporary society discusses such major issues as: * the causes of social and economic insecurity * insecurity and modern capitalism * the role of the state * insecurity and housing * contemporary family life. Zusammenfassung Insecure Times brings together a diverse group of contributors to provide a systematic analysis of insecurity and its effect on an important range of institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors, Preface, 1 Insecure times: conceptualising insecurity and security, PART I Generating insecurity, PART II Institutionalising insecurity, PART III Insecurity as lived experience, Bibliography, Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Vail Hill
• Collaboration: Michael Hill (Editeur), John Vail (Editeur), Vail John (Editeur), Jane Wheelock (Editeur), Wheelock Jane (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.07.1999
• EAN: 9780415170949
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17094-9
• Pages: 248
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie sociale, travail social; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Social research and statistics