Nesta obra que se viria a tornar um clássico da sociologia contemporânea, Ulrich Beck
chama a nossa atenção para uma série de perigos, tanto naturais como da lavra do …

This paper analyses the development of carbon markets: markets in permits to emit
greenhouse gases or in credits earned by not emitting them. It describes briefly how such …

This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the
diplomatic connections between cities and global governance. While there is a growing …

Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically
evaluates how various sociological traditions-including critical theory, governmentality and …

Purpose This paper explores the subpolitical role and main characteristics of a specific
accounting technique, sustainability reporting boundaries. Its focus is on how the sett2ing of …

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical
anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science …

Participation patterns in industrialized democracies have changed considerably in the last
couple of decades. While institutionalized forms of participation (eg, party membership) are …

This book gives a comprehensive yet easily accessible introduction to risk and uncertainty
as they have been analysed in sociology and related social sciences. The book draws …

The notion of political consumerism has two implications. First, consumers wield some kind
of power that they can use to effect social change through the marketplace. Second, political …

Since the 1980s, Ulrich Beck has worked extensively on his theories of second modernity
and the risk society. In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen provide an …