Insecure Times: Living with Insecurity in Modern Society

ISBN-13: 9780415170932 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str.

John Vail; Michael Hill; Jane Wheelock

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'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

O autorze

The editors are lecturers at the University of Newcastle.