{"product_id":"ecological-politics-in-an-age-of-risk-paperback","title":"Ecological Politics in an Age of Risk - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlrich Beck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmos Weisz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcological Politics\u003c\/i\u003e in and Age of Risk by Ulrich Beck is an original analysis of ecological politics as one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book develops a number of themes introduced in Beck's previous best-selling Risk Society as well as initiating a set of new departures. Instead of posing 'good' social movements against 'bad' institutions, he proposes a transformation of the institutions themselves, of science, and of business, so that organized irresponsibility can be changed into a sort of democratic accountability. This book will be of interest not just to sociologists and academics, but to scientist, to business men and women, to those involved with (or affect by) the new reproductive technologies, and to people in the institutions of local, national and supra-national politics and public life.'\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eProfessor Scott Lash, Lancaster University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcological politics has moved to the centre of the political stage today. But what motivates ecological concerns? How should we understand nature when nothing around us seems natural anymore? How should we interpret, and react to, the risks we now face in respect of the environment?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, which created a massive public debate when first published in Germany, analyses these issues in a way that is new and very different from the conventional literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon ideas developed in his celebrated work, \u003ci\u003eRisk Society, \u003c\/i\u003e Beck establishes the foundations of an original and far-reaching analysis of modern politics. Ecological concerns as ordinarily understood, he shows, are only one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of sub-politics generated by the social and technological changes affecting our lives in a much more revolutionary way than anything emanating from the formal political sphere.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis pathbreaking work will be of interest to all students and professionals in the areas of political theory, sociology and ecological studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book develops a number of themes introduced in Beck's previous best-selling Risk Society as well as initiating a set of new departures. Instead of posing 'good' social movements against 'bad' institutions, he proposes a transformation of the institutions themselves, of science, and of business, so that organized irresponsibility can be changed into a sort of democratic accountability. This book will be of interest not just to sociologists and academics, but to scientist, to business men and women, to those involved with (or affect by) the new reproductive technologies, and to people in the institutions of local, national and supra-national politics and public life.'\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eProfessor Scott Lash, Lancaster University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcological politics has moved to the centre of the political stage today. But what motivates ecological concerns? How should we understand \"nature\" when nothing around us seems \"natural\" anymore? How should we interpret, and react to, the risks we now face in respect of the \"environment\"?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, which created a massive public debate when first published in Germany, analyses these issues in a way that is new and very different from the conventional literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing upon ideas developed in his celebrated work, \u003ci\u003eRisk Society, \u003c\/i\u003e Beck establishes the foundations of an original and far-reaching analysis of modern politics. Ecological concerns as ordinarily understood, he shows, are only one part of a renewed engagement with the domain of \"sub-politics\" generated by the social and technological changes affecting our lives in a much more revolutionary way than anything emanating from the formal political sphere.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis pathbreaking work will be of interest to all students and professionals in the areas of political theory, sociology and ecological studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlrich Beck\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.99 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131909345415,"sku":"9780745613772","price":42.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b1fefdb36d2643543696b5d9a0d28b56.webp?v=1732622296","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ecological-politics-in-an-age-of-risk-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}