The politics of risk society - Jane Franklin

We live in a runaway world. New patterns of risk and uncertaintythreaten the stability of our traditional institutions. To makesense of these profound changes in our lives, and invent newpolitics for the twenty-first century, we must understand thedynamic forces which are transforming our society.

The Politics of Risk Society opens a dialog between Ulrich Beck'ssociology of Risk Society and key thinkers and opinion leaders fromthe world of politics and policy making. It explores the way weperceive risk and integrate change into our lives - insisting thatthese are essential forces driving policy development today.

A new politics must engage actively with people's lived experience.Contributions from Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Susie Orbach, JohnGray, Ray Pahl, Martin Woollacott, Anna Coote, Patricia Hewitt andothers explore the daily experience of risk - from intimaterelationships to global warming - and offer their analysis andinsight into how we understand this changing world.

This book captures part of the spirit of the age and will be ofabsorbing interest to students of sociology, politics and socialpolicy.